Masculine dossier · first seen 1884

Willy

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1993

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1884Peak 19932024

Peak year

1993

Decline from peak

65.2%

2024

All-time

3,910

Willy has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1993, when 69 boys were named Willy.

In 2024, only 24 boys were given the name.

Down 65.2% from its peak.

All told, about 3,910 Americans have been named Willy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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