Willene · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Willene.

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Its story

Popularity since 1905

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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 66 recorded years as a table

Willene, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1905	17
1906	20
1909	26
1912	18
1913	24
1914	34
1915	30
1916	31
1917	23
1918	41
1919	42
1920	34
1921	53
1922	54
1923	50
1924	62
1925	63
1926	62
1927	61
1928	60
1929	87
1930	83
1931	71
1932	66
1933	83
1934	67
1935	77
1936	68
1937	81
1938	73
1939	61
1940	53
1941	55
1942	50
1943	52
1944	46
1945	41
1946	38
1947	34
1948	34
1949	32
1950	27
1951	25
1952	19
1953	21
1954	20
1955	26
1956	15
1957	16
1958	14
1959	13
1960	14
1961	9
1962	8
1963	15
1964	10
1965	12
1966	8
1967	8
1968	8
1969	5
1970	5
1971	7
1972	3
1973	3
1975	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Willene 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 1975: 5
Rank in 1975: #9,067
How rare: 1 in 291,572 girls
Since 1905: 2,928

Willene was last recorded in 1975. 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 1929, at 87 per million girls born.

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

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