Willard is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1915 and has since faded.
Willard is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,760 for boy births in the United States (and #5,909 across all names), given to 47 babies. Willard first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1915 (2,889 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,760 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,999 |
| 2023 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,946 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | — | #3,051 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,809 |
| 2020 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,804 |
| 2019 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,763 |
| 2018 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,577 |
| 2017 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,386 |
| 2016 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,660 |
| 2015 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,763 |
| 2014 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,228 |
| 2013 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,493 |
| 2012 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,628 |
| 2011 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,553 |
| 2009 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,988 |
| 2008 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,324 |
| 2007 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,599 |
| 2006 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,283 |
| 2005 | 60 | 60 | — | #2,080 |
| 2004 | 63 | 63 | — | #1,952 |
| 2003 | 59 | 59 | — | #1,985 |
| 2002 | 64 | 64 | — | #1,815 |
| 2001 | 61 | 61 | — | #1,840 |
| 2000 | 60 | 60 | — | #1,814 |
| 1999 | 59 | 59 | — | #1,747 |
| 1998 | 64 | 64 | — | #1,640 |
| 1997 | 66 | — | — | #1,569 |
| 1996 | 67 | — | — | #1,515 |
| 1995 | 83 | — | — | #1,299 |
| 1994 | 72 | — | — | #1,382 |
| 1993 | 76 | — | — | #1,312 |
| 1992 | 89 | — | — | #1,186 |
| 1991 | 81 | — | — | #1,244 |
| 1990 | 91 | — | — | #1,134 |
| 1989 | 113 | — | — | #961 |
| 1988 | 99 | — | — | #980 |
| 1987 | 117 | — | — | #865 |
| 1986 | 111 | — | — | #866 |
| 1985 | 105 | — | — | #888 |
| 1984 | 103 | — | — | #870 |
| 1983 | 128 | — | — | #771 |
| 1982 | 130 | — | — | #776 |
| 1981 | 136 | — | — | #749 |
| 1980 | 164 | — | — | #679 |
| 1979 | 171 | — | — | #656 |
| 1978 | 155 | — | — | #672 |
| 1977 | 172 | — | — | #647 |
| 1976 | 177 | — | — | #616 |
| 1975 | 229 | — | — | #531 |
| 1974 | 198 | — | — | #571 |
| 1973 | 220 | — | — | #532 |
| 1972 | 284 | — | — | #466 |
| 1971 | 306 | — | — | #468 |
| 1970 | 350 | — | — | #435 |
| 1969 | 316 | — | #8,684 | #445 |
| 1968 | 344 | — | #8,180 | #417 |
| 1967 | 400 | — | #6,790 | #380 |
| 1966 | 388 | — | — | #388 |
| 1965 | 413 | — | — | #381 |
| 1964 | 438 | — | — | #378 |
| 1963 | 497 | — | — | #351 |
| 1962 | 460 | — | — | #377 |
| 1961 | 513 | — | #5,841 | #353 |
| 1960 | 548 | — | #7,307 | #333 |
| 1959 | 572 | — | — | #325 |
| 1958 | 586 | — | — | #314 |
| 1957 | 636 | — | — | #301 |
| 1956 | 659 | — | #6,879 | #287 |
| 1955 | 723 | — | — | #257 |
| 1954 | 682 | — | #5,740 | #270 |
| 1953 | 773 | — | #5,659 | #247 |
| 1952 | 805 | — | #5,550 | #236 |
| 1951 | 778 | — | — | #243 |
| 1950 | 846 | — | #6,094 | #219 |
| 1949 | 935 | — | #4,227 | #209 |
| 1948 | 950 | — | — | #204 |
| 1947 | 1,032 | — | #4,756 | #198 |
| 1946 | 1,057 | — | — | #177 |
| 1945 | 963 | — | #4,546 | #172 |
| 1944 | 1,049 | — | #3,374 | #166 |
| 1943 | 1,238 | — | #4,189 | #159 |
| 1942 | 1,201 | — | #3,189 | #159 |
| 1941 | 1,094 | — | #3,246 | #159 |
| 1940 | 1,150 | — | #2,957 | #151 |
| 1939 | 1,111 | — | #3,421 | #147 |
| 1938 | 1,106 | — | #2,724 | #148 |
| 1937 | 1,177 | — | #2,314 | #135 |
| 1936 | 1,168 | — | #2,687 | #136 |
| 1935 | 1,227 | — | #2,436 | #132 |
| 1934 | 1,186 | — | #2,737 | #136 |
| 1933 | 1,301 | — | #1,905 | #130 |
| 1932 | 1,369 | — | #2,643 | #125 |
| 1931 | 1,401 | — | #1,546 | #124 |
| 1930 | 1,558 | — | #1,812 | #117 |
| 1929 | 1,532 | — | #1,818 | #114 |
| 1928 | 1,641 | — | #2,619 | #113 |
| 1927 | 1,765 | — | #1,485 | #106 |
| 1926 | 1,835 | — | #1,719 | #100 |
| 1925 | 1,824 | — | #1,574 | #97 |
| 1924 | 1,860 | — | #1,717 | #97 |
| 1923 | 1,968 | — | #1,838 | #92 |
| 1922 | 2,041 | — | #1,781 | #91 |
| 1921 | 2,106 | — | #1,573 | #89 |
| 1920 | 2,120 | — | #1,469 | #88 |
| 1919 | 2,047 | — | #1,368 | #87 |
| 1918 | 2,354 | — | #1,152 | #83 |
| 1917 | 2,229 | — | #1,124 | #80 |
| 1916 | 2,445 | — | #1,296 | #69 |
| 1915 | 2,924 | — | #1,170 | #58 |
| 1914 | 1,330 | — | #1,173 | #92 |
| 1913 | 946 | — | #1,306 | #99 |
| 1912 | 737 | — | #1,250 | #105 |
| 1911 | 353 | — | #1,240 | #114 |
| 1910 | 275 | — | #1,631 | #121 |
| 1909 | 232 | — | #1,216 | #125 |
| 1908 | 238 | — | #1,544 | #112 |
| 1907 | 207 | — | #2,053 | #118 |
| 1906 | 189 | — | #1,227 | #120 |
| 1905 | 194 | — | #1,055 | #119 |
| 1904 | 188 | — | #1,480 | #116 |
| 1903 | 170 | — | #1,436 | #123 |
| 1902 | 164 | — | — | #118 |
| 1901 | 136 | — | — | #122 |
| 1900 | 181 | — | #1,426 | #132 |
| 1899 | 151 | — | #1,391 | #116 |
| 1898 | 142 | — | #1,971 | #134 |
| 1897 | 143 | — | — | #118 |
| 1896 | 152 | — | — | #118 |
| 1895 | 113 | — | — | #138 |
| 1894 | 122 | — | — | #134 |
| 1893 | 118 | — | — | #129 |
| 1892 | 121 | — | — | #132 |
| 1891 | 101 | — | — | #135 |
| 1890 | 89 | — | — | #160 |
| 1889 | 100 | — | — | #149 |
| 1888 | 123 | — | — | #128 |
| 1887 | 95 | — | — | #137 |
| 1886 | 80 | — | — | #174 |
| 1885 | 95 | — | — | #144 |
| 1884 | 89 | — | — | #156 |
| 1883 | 92 | — | — | #139 |
| 1882 | 83 | — | — | #164 |
| 1881 | 94 | — | — | #130 |
| 1880 | 88 | — | — | #158 |