Willard

Girl · recorded 1898–1969

  • 1969last recorded
  • 1905best year

Most popular in 1905.

Last recorded in 1969. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1898

0244818981916193419511969

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 58 recorded years as a table
Willard, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189819
189930
190030
190331
190429
190548
190637
190719
190827
190937
191025
191136
191234
191332
191437
191536
191631
191738
191837
191929
192026
192124
192220
192319
192421
192524
192621
192726
192811
192919
193019
193123
193211
193318
193411
193512
193611
193713
193810
19397
19409
19417
19427
19435
19447
19455
19474
19495
19503
19523
19533
19543
19562
19602
19613
19674
19683
19693

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Willard isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1969
5
Rank in 1969
#7,471
How rare
1 in 337,403 girls
Since 1898
884

Willard was last recorded in 1969. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1905, at 48 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Willard doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.