# Willis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/willis/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɪlɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 53,154 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 52,336 / 818 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 249, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 11 | 3,443 |
| 1948 | 6 | 5,233 |
| 1949 | 5 | 6,046 |
| 1950 | 11 | 3,418 |
| 1951 | 16 | 2,691 |
| 1952 | 6 | 5,551 |
| 1953 | 6 | 5,661 |
| 1955 | 10 | 4,064 |
| 1956 | 13 | 3,489 |
| 1957 | 8 | 4,909 |
| 1959 | 5 | 7,187 |
| 1961 | 8 | 5,295 |
| 1963 | 9 | 4,891 |
| 1965 | 5 | 7,514 |
| 1989 | 5 | 14,505 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 74 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 78 | 1,878 |
| 2013 | 75 | 1,900 |
| 2014 | 81 | 1,843 |
| 2015 | 74 | 1,979 |
| 2016 | 70 | 2,046 |
| 2017 | 51 | 2,530 |
| 2018 | 55 | 2,416 |
| 2019 | 50 | 2,623 |
| 2020 | 62 | 2,234 |
| 2021 | 62 | 2,274 |
| 2022 | 44 | 2,918 |
| 2023 | 60 | 2,343 |
| 2024 | 50 | 2,672 |
| 2025 | 52 | 2,567 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## 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.