Willa is an established girls' name that peaked in 2019 and remains in steady use.
Willa is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #422 for girl births in the United States (and #862 across all names), given to 742 babies. Willa was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2019 (889 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 742 | 742 | #422 | — |
| 2024 | 733 | 733 | #423 | — |
| 2023 | 721 | 721 | #430 | — |
| 2022 | 791 | 791 | #396 | — |
| 2021 | 887 | 887 | #351 | — |
| 2020 | 887 | 887 | #350 | — |
| 2019 | 889 | 889 | #356 | — |
| 2018 | 813 | 813 | #383 | — |
| 2017 | 699 | 699 | #454 | — |
| 2016 | 689 | 689 | #461 | — |
| 2015 | 675 | 675 | #481 | — |
| 2014 | 562 | 562 | #551 | — |
| 2013 | 406 | 406 | #697 | — |
| 2012 | 389 | 389 | #717 | — |
| 2011 | 261 | 261 | #984 | — |
| 2010 | 269 | 269 | #954 | — |
| 2009 | 252 | 252 | #1,036 | — |
| 2008 | 247 | 247 | #1,061 | — |
| 2007 | 201 | 201 | #1,238 | — |
| 2006 | 116 | 116 | #1,796 | — |
| 2005 | 121 | 121 | #1,656 | — |
| 2004 | 99 | 99 | #1,906 | — |
| 2003 | 96 | 96 | #1,914 | — |
| 2002 | 97 | 97 | #1,851 | — |
| 2001 | 59 | 59 | #2,599 | — |
| 2000 | 56 | 56 | #2,671 | — |
| 1999 | 64 | 64 | #2,340 | — |
| 1998 | 46 | 46 | #2,888 | — |
| 1997 | 33 | — | #3,543 | — |
| 1996 | 35 | — | #3,360 | — |
| 1995 | 49 | — | #2,587 | — |
| 1994 | 48 | — | #2,624 | — |
| 1993 | 41 | — | #2,936 | — |
| 1992 | 31 | — | #3,577 | — |
| 1991 | 30 | — | #3,632 | — |
| 1990 | 27 | — | #3,906 | — |
| 1989 | 32 | — | #3,328 | — |
| 1988 | 32 | — | #3,161 | — |
| 1987 | 24 | — | #3,741 | — |
| 1986 | 30 | — | #3,132 | — |
| 1985 | 24 | — | #3,618 | — |
| 1984 | 37 | — | #2,572 | — |
| 1983 | 23 | — | #3,549 | — |
| 1982 | 27 | — | #3,258 | — |
| 1981 | 30 | — | #2,983 | — |
| 1980 | 24 | — | #3,502 | — |
| 1979 | 34 | — | #2,668 | — |
| 1978 | 32 | — | #2,679 | — |
| 1977 | 27 | — | #3,001 | — |
| 1976 | 24 | — | #3,093 | — |
| 1975 | 28 | — | #2,742 | — |
| 1974 | 27 | — | #2,755 | — |
| 1973 | 29 | — | #2,563 | — |
| 1972 | 34 | — | #2,274 | — |
| 1971 | 48 | — | #1,856 | — |
| 1970 | 50 | — | #1,802 | — |
| 1969 | 44 | — | #1,895 | — |
| 1968 | 41 | — | #1,885 | — |
| 1967 | 74 | — | #1,254 | — |
| 1966 | 76 | — | #1,240 | — |
| 1965 | 92 | — | #1,096 | — |
| 1964 | 109 | — | #1,041 | — |
| 1963 | 98 | — | #1,103 | — |
| 1962 | 135 | — | #913 | — |
| 1961 | 138 | — | #919 | — |
| 1960 | 149 | — | #853 | — |
| 1959 | 139 | — | #882 | — |
| 1958 | 163 | — | #788 | — |
| 1957 | 169 | — | #770 | — |
| 1956 | 185 | — | #704 | — |
| 1955 | 237 | — | #601 | — |
| 1954 | 226 | — | #603 | — |
| 1953 | 229 | — | #585 | — |
| 1952 | 276 | — | #508 | — |
| 1951 | 238 | — | #547 | — |
| 1950 | 256 | — | #507 | — |
| 1949 | 293 | — | #469 | — |
| 1948 | 244 | — | #531 | — |
| 1947 | 303 | — | #471 | — |
| 1946 | 300 | — | #448 | — |
| 1945 | 344 | — | #380 | — |
| 1944 | 371 | — | #360 | — |
| 1943 | 364 | — | #380 | — |
| 1942 | 421 | — | #338 | — |
| 1941 | 400 | — | #331 | — |
| 1940 | 375 | — | #329 | — |
| 1939 | 375 | — | #320 | — |
| 1938 | 368 | — | #330 | — |
| 1937 | 411 | — | #308 | #3,511 |
| 1936 | 454 | — | #281 | — |
| 1935 | 414 | — | #298 | — |
| 1934 | 486 | — | #278 | — |
| 1933 | 468 | — | #280 | #3,635 |
| 1932 | 520 | — | #274 | #4,269 |
| 1931 | 450 | — | #300 | — |
| 1930 | 512 | — | #293 | — |
| 1929 | 501 | — | #294 | #3,549 |
| 1928 | 500 | — | #299 | — |
| 1927 | 566 | — | #278 | — |
| 1926 | 536 | — | #288 | — |
| 1925 | 521 | — | #296 | — |
| 1924 | 471 | — | #307 | — |
| 1923 | 457 | — | #301 | — |
| 1922 | 416 | — | #319 | — |
| 1921 | 407 | — | #328 | — |
| 1920 | 424 | — | #317 | — |
| 1919 | 382 | — | #325 | — |
| 1918 | 425 | — | #311 | — |
| 1917 | 336 | — | #341 | — |
| 1916 | 316 | — | #349 | — |
| 1915 | 292 | — | #347 | — |
| 1914 | 251 | — | #332 | — |
| 1913 | 208 | — | #334 | — |
| 1912 | 180 | — | #344 | — |
| 1911 | 145 | — | #329 | — |
| 1910 | 134 | — | #342 | — |
| 1909 | 123 | — | #329 | — |
| 1908 | 99 | — | #364 | — |
| 1907 | 106 | — | #339 | — |
| 1906 | 97 | — | #340 | — |
| 1905 | 92 | — | #349 | — |
| 1904 | 91 | — | #342 | — |
| 1903 | 79 | — | #360 | — |
| 1902 | 64 | — | #390 | — |
| 1901 | 55 | — | #403 | — |
| 1900 | 84 | — | #369 | — |
| 1899 | 61 | — | #373 | — |
| 1898 | 60 | — | #400 | — |
| 1897 | 58 | — | #381 | — |
| 1896 | 67 | — | #357 | — |
| 1895 | 53 | — | #390 | — |
| 1894 | 43 | — | #428 | — |
| 1893 | 48 | — | #390 | — |
| 1892 | 51 | — | #377 | — |
| 1891 | 35 | — | #429 | — |
| 1890 | 51 | — | #360 | — |
| 1889 | 40 | — | #386 | — |
| 1888 | 39 | — | #393 | — |
| 1887 | 31 | — | #397 | — |
| 1886 | 31 | — | #394 | — |
| 1885 | 25 | — | #427 | — |
| 1884 | 16 | — | #540 | — |
| 1883 | 20 | — | #434 | — |
| 1882 | 15 | — | #492 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | — | #579 | — |
| 1880 | 12 | — | #517 | — |