Willa Girl
How popular is Willa?
#422 girl name in 2025
742 baby girls were named Willa in the US in 2025, making it the 422nd most popular girl name.
Willa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #422 for girls (▲ 1 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 742 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+10% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #480 in 2015, #349 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (889 girls) |
| Highest rank | #273 in 1932 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Willa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Willa family of names ranked #406 for girls in 2025 (#414 the year before), with 762 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Willa | 742 | 97% |
| Willah | 7 | 1% |
| Wyla | 8 | 1% |
| Wila | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Willa is most popular
Babies named Willa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Montana: 2.4 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- North Dakota: 2.3 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Nebraska: 2.2 per 1,000 (78 girls)
- Iowa: 1.6 per 1,000 (95 girls)
- Minnesota: 1.5 per 1,000 (164 girls)
Willa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 239 | #381 |
| 1890s | 527 | #355 |
| 1900s | 890 | #323 |
| 1910s | 2,669 | #311 |
| 1920s | 4,792 | #277 |
| 1930s | 4,441 | #273 |
| 1940s | 3,415 | #329 |
| 1950s | 2,118 | #505 |
| 1960s | 956 | #851 |
| 1970s | 333 | #1,781 |
| 1980s | 283 | #2,514 |
| 1990s | 404 | #2,304 |
| 2000s | 1,344 | #1,032 |
| 2010s | 5,652 | #356 |
| 2020s | 4,761 | #349 |
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Questions
- Is Willa a boy or girl name?
- Willa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Willa were girls.
- How popular is the name Willa?
- 742 baby girls were named Willa in the US in 2025, making it the 422nd most popular girl name.
- When was Willa most popular?
- Willa peaked in 2019, when 889 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #273 in 1932.
- How many people are named Willa?
- 32,848 babies have been named Willa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 18,725 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Willa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Willa was most common in Montana, at 2.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.