# Willie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/willie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɪli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Willy |
| US babies named this | 596,385 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 450,188 / 146,197 (25% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Will + -ie.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 11 | 8,063 |
| 1996 | 11 | 8,122 |
| 1997 | 8 | 10,801 |
| 1998 | 8 | 11,106 |
| 2000 | 7 | 13,109 |
| 2007 | 6 | 17,536 |
| 2009 | 5 | 20,068 |
| 2013 | 5 | 19,141 |
| 2017 | 5 | 18,307 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,992 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,854 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10,349 |
| 2023 | 6 | 15,082 |
| 2024 | 6 | 15,149 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,870 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 390 | 615 |
| 2012 | 369 | 647 |
| 2013 | 332 | 708 |
| 2014 | 331 | 726 |
| 2015 | 307 | 774 |
| 2016 | 294 | 797 |
| 2017 | 285 | 803 |
| 2018 | 228 | 930 |
| 2019 | 208 | 1,008 |
| 2020 | 215 | 995 |
| 2021 | 161 | 1,206 |
| 2022 | 176 | 1,167 |
| 2023 | 144 | 1,327 |
| 2024 | 138 | 1,370 |
| 2025 | 147 | 1,322 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Willie

- Willie Nelson, American country musician (born 1933)
- Willie Mays, American baseball player (1931–2024)
- Willie Garson, American actor (1964–2021)
- Blind Willie Johnson, American blues musician (1897–1945)
- Willie Aames, American actor, film and television director
- Willie Davenport, American athletics competitor (1943–2002)
- Willie Watson, English footballer (1920-2004)
- Willie Steele, American long jumper (1923–1989)
- Willie Green, American basketball player (born 1981)
- Willie Cauley-Stein, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Willie Anderson, American basketball player (born 1966)
- Willie Thorne, British snooker player (1954-2020)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.