Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Willis

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Willis
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.1% from peak

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

1,261

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

96.1%

2024

All-time

52,283

Willis once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1924, when 1,261 boys were named Willis.

In 2024, only 49 boys were given the name.

Down 96.1% from its peak.

All told, about 52,283 Americans have been named Willis and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.1% from peak

19241,261 boys named Willis

202449 boys named Willis

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