Willie was a very popular baby name that peaked at #17 in 1910 but is far less common today.
Willie is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,322 among boys (147) and #10,870 among girls (9) — overall #2,630 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 156 | 156 | #10,870 | #1,322 |
| 2024 | 144 | 144 | #15,149 | #1,370 |
| 2023 | 150 | 150 | #15,082 | #1,327 |
| 2022 | 186 | 186 | #10,349 | #1,167 |
| 2021 | 161 | 161 | — | #1,206 |
| 2020 | 215 | 215 | — | #995 |
| 2019 | 213 | 213 | #17,854 | #1,008 |
| 2018 | 233 | 233 | #17,992 | #930 |
| 2017 | 290 | 290 | #18,307 | #803 |
| 2016 | 294 | 294 | — | #797 |
| 2015 | 307 | 307 | — | #774 |
| 2014 | 331 | 331 | — | #726 |
| 2013 | 337 | 337 | #19,141 | #708 |
| 2012 | 369 | 369 | — | #647 |
| 2011 | 390 | 390 | — | #615 |
| 2010 | 388 | 388 | — | #628 |
| 2009 | 406 | 406 | #20,068 | #622 |
| 2008 | 460 | 460 | — | #566 |
| 2007 | 476 | 476 | #17,536 | #548 |
| 2006 | 507 | 507 | — | #511 |
| 2005 | 481 | 487 | — | #513 |
| 2004 | 492 | 492 | — | #498 |
| 2003 | 559 | 559 | — | #453 |
| 2002 | 569 | 569 | — | #438 |
| 2001 | 608 | 608 | — | #413 |
| 2000 | 617 | 622 | #13,109 | #407 |
| 1999 | 668 | 677 | — | #385 |
| 1998 | 747 | 747 | #11,106 | #354 |
| 1997 | 782 | — | #10,801 | #335 |
| 1996 | 811 | — | #8,122 | #328 |
| 1995 | 835 | — | #8,063 | #319 |
| 1994 | 958 | — | #5,707 | #292 |
| 1993 | 1,087 | — | #4,252 | #272 |
| 1992 | 1,234 | — | #4,681 | #237 |
| 1991 | 1,333 | — | #6,579 | #224 |
| 1990 | 1,393 | — | #5,830 | #222 |
| 1989 | 1,498 | — | #2,929 | #202 |
| 1988 | 1,462 | — | #2,985 | #191 |
| 1987 | 1,521 | — | #2,490 | #186 |
| 1986 | 1,527 | — | #2,679 | #178 |
| 1985 | 1,608 | — | #2,803 | #171 |
| 1984 | 1,660 | — | #1,943 | #166 |
| 1983 | 1,808 | — | #2,196 | #155 |
| 1982 | 2,015 | — | #1,921 | #144 |
| 1981 | 2,021 | — | #1,982 | #141 |
| 1980 | 2,230 | — | #1,765 | #130 |
| 1979 | 2,214 | — | #1,794 | #125 |
| 1978 | 2,202 | — | #1,613 | #121 |
| 1977 | 2,225 | — | #1,699 | #124 |
| 1976 | 2,215 | — | #1,315 | #121 |
| 1975 | 2,263 | — | #1,268 | #118 |
| 1974 | 2,328 | — | #1,114 | #119 |
| 1973 | 2,510 | — | #1,000 | #109 |
| 1972 | 2,727 | — | #943 | #109 |
| 1971 | 2,999 | — | #943 | #115 |
| 1970 | 3,304 | — | #826 | #103 |
| 1969 | 3,243 | — | #721 | #101 |
| 1968 | 3,314 | — | #682 | #96 |
| 1967 | 3,632 | — | #614 | #92 |
| 1966 | 3,826 | — | #570 | #93 |
| 1965 | 4,141 | — | #522 | #93 |
| 1964 | 4,554 | — | #479 | #90 |
| 1963 | 4,601 | — | #479 | #93 |
| 1962 | 5,010 | — | #444 | #89 |
| 1961 | 5,294 | — | #440 | #86 |
| 1960 | 5,828 | — | #392 | #81 |
| 1959 | 6,006 | — | #379 | #78 |
| 1958 | 6,391 | — | #347 | #70 |
| 1957 | 6,996 | — | #326 | #63 |
| 1956 | 7,456 | — | #290 | #58 |
| 1955 | 7,562 | — | #283 | #54 |
| 1954 | 7,943 | — | #243 | #53 |
| 1953 | 8,213 | — | #236 | #49 |
| 1952 | 8,395 | — | #228 | #48 |
| 1951 | 8,502 | — | #215 | #45 |
| 1950 | 9,055 | — | #201 | #42 |
| 1949 | 9,448 | — | #179 | #41 |
| 1948 | 9,638 | — | #168 | #40 |
| 1947 | 9,680 | — | #173 | #42 |
| 1946 | 9,026 | — | #159 | #40 |
| 1945 | 8,807 | — | #137 | #31 |
| 1944 | 9,089 | — | #138 | #31 |
| 1943 | 9,172 | — | #139 | #36 |
| 1942 | 9,161 | — | #133 | #37 |
| 1941 | 8,386 | — | #136 | #36 |
| 1940 | 8,113 | — | #128 | #35 |
| 1939 | 8,260 | — | #126 | #33 |
| 1938 | 8,100 | — | #121 | #34 |
| 1937 | 8,425 | — | #114 | #32 |
| 1936 | 8,235 | — | #108 | #32 |
| 1935 | 8,697 | — | #99 | #30 |
| 1934 | 8,736 | — | #102 | #30 |
| 1933 | 8,432 | — | #93 | #32 |
| 1932 | 9,209 | — | #91 | #31 |
| 1931 | 8,560 | — | #93 | #31 |
| 1930 | 9,685 | — | #87 | #29 |
| 1929 | 9,934 | — | #76 | #29 |
| 1928 | 10,261 | — | #74 | #29 |
| 1927 | 10,853 | — | #71 | #27 |
| 1926 | 10,637 | — | #73 | #28 |
| 1925 | 11,071 | — | #68 | #27 |
| 1924 | 10,692 | — | #68 | #30 |
| 1923 | 10,628 | — | #67 | #30 |
| 1922 | 10,788 | — | #70 | #28 |
| 1921 | 10,240 | — | #74 | #34 |
| 1920 | 10,703 | — | #74 | #29 |
| 1919 | 10,993 | — | #61 | #23 |
| 1918 | 10,404 | — | #70 | #29 |
| 1917 | 9,132 | — | #72 | #31 |
| 1916 | 8,776 | — | #73 | #30 |
| 1915 | 8,475 | — | #72 | #30 |
| 1914 | 7,468 | — | #66 | #25 |
| 1913 | 6,024 | — | #65 | #24 |
| 1912 | 5,775 | — | #61 | #22 |
| 1911 | 4,129 | — | #61 | #14 |
| 1910 | 4,693 | — | #56 | #11 |
| 1909 | 3,724 | — | #54 | #13 |
| 1908 | 3,335 | — | #59 | #13 |
| 1907 | 3,362 | — | #56 | #13 |
| 1906 | 2,989 | — | #59 | #13 |
| 1905 | 3,067 | — | #59 | #13 |
| 1904 | 2,863 | — | #61 | #14 |
| 1903 | 2,468 | — | #67 | #14 |
| 1902 | 2,636 | — | #64 | #14 |
| 1901 | 2,195 | — | #68 | #16 |
| 1900 | 3,464 | — | #58 | #14 |
| 1899 | 1,894 | — | #73 | #18 |
| 1898 | 2,012 | — | #71 | #18 |
| 1897 | 1,969 | — | #70 | #18 |
| 1896 | 1,847 | — | #76 | #18 |
| 1895 | 1,795 | — | #78 | #18 |
| 1894 | 1,695 | — | #75 | #19 |
| 1893 | 1,530 | — | #77 | #19 |
| 1892 | 1,579 | — | #78 | #19 |
| 1891 | 1,301 | — | #78 | #21 |
| 1890 | 1,336 | — | #77 | #23 |
| 1889 | 1,196 | — | #85 | #26 |
| 1888 | 1,308 | — | #79 | #24 |
| 1887 | 969 | — | #88 | #27 |
| 1886 | 1,029 | — | #88 | #28 |
| 1885 | 926 | — | #95 | #29 |
| 1884 | 910 | — | #93 | #31 |
| 1883 | 738 | — | #96 | #34 |
| 1882 | 832 | — | #89 | #31 |
| 1881 | 727 | — | #94 | #30 |
| 1880 | 668 | — | #105 | #34 |