Willow Girl
How popular is Willow?
#44 girl name in 2025
4,763 baby girls were named Willow in the US in 2025, making it the 44th most popular girl name. Another 23 boys got the name (#4,395 for boys).
Willow popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #44 for girls (▼ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 4,763 girls, 23 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+69% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #111 in 2015, #48 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (5,195 girls) |
| Highest rank | #37 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1890 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Willow counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Willow family of names ranked #57 for girls in 2025, with 4,789 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Willow | 4,763 | 99% |
| Wyllow | 26 | 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 Willow is most popular
Babies named Willow per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 12.9 per 1,000 (337 girls)
- Vermont: 11.6 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- Alaska: 10.0 per 1,000 (86 girls)
- Maine: 9.8 per 1,000 (151 girls)
- Wyoming: 9.4 per 1,000 (40 girls)
Willow by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1900s | 40 | #1,363 |
| 1910s | 111 | #1,523 |
| 1920s | 252 | #1,324 |
| 1930s | 208 | #1,488 |
| 1940s | 175 | #1,741 |
| 1950s | 138 | #2,410 |
| 1960s | 139 | #2,824 |
| 1970s | 502 | #1,502 |
| 1980s | 344 | #1,805 |
| 1990s | 1,217 | #726 |
| 2000s | 6,024 | #312 |
| 2010s | 27,072 | #45 |
| 2020s | 28,868 | #37 |
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Questions
- Is Willow a boy or girl name?
- Willow is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Willow were girls.
- How popular is the name Willow?
- 4,763 baby girls were named Willow in the US in 2025, making it the 44th most popular girl name. Another 23 boys got the name (#4,395 for boys).
- When was Willow most popular?
- Willow peaked in 2021, when 5,195 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #37 in 2022.
- How many people are named Willow?
- 65,560 babies have been named Willow in the US since 1880. We estimate about 64,574 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Willow most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Willow was most common in West Virginia, at 12.9 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.