# Willow (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/willow/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Will |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 65,560 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 465 / 65,095 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 26,088, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From willow.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,575 | 199 |
| 2012 | 1,839 | 171 |
| 2013 | 2,079 | 155 |
| 2014 | 2,410 | 136 |
| 2015 | 2,811 | 111 |
| 2016 | 3,125 | 96 |
| 2017 | 3,569 | 80 |
| 2018 | 3,933 | 60 |
| 2019 | 4,609 | 45 |
| 2020 | 4,401 | 48 |
| 2021 | 5,195 | 39 |
| 2022 | 5,072 | 37 |
| 2023 | 4,765 | 41 |
| 2024 | 4,672 | 41 |
| 2025 | 4,763 | 44 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 9,559 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,981 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,793 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,983 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,976 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,540 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,653 |
| 2018 | 27 | 3,987 |
| 2019 | 27 | 3,996 |
| 2020 | 19 | 5,029 |
| 2021 | 36 | 3,291 |
| 2022 | 39 | 3,149 |
| 2023 | 48 | 2,734 |
| 2024 | 30 | 3,785 |
| 2025 | 23 | 4,530 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 772 | 75 |
| 2012 | 892 | 69 |
| 2013 | 1,074 | 54 |
| 2014 | 1,142 | 51 |
| 2015 | 1,308 | 41 |
| 2016 | 1,536 | 32 |
| 2017 | 1,764 | 26 |
| 2018 | 1,900 | 20 |
| 2019 | 1,995 | 19 |
| 2020 | 1,982 | 12 |
| 2021 | 2,067 | 10 |
| 2022 | 1,867 | 11 |
| 2023 | 1,833 | 9 |
| 2024 | 1,481 | 21 |
| 2025 | 1,384 | 20 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Willow

- Willow Smith, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 2000)
- Willow Shields, American actress
- Willow Pill, American drag queen
- Kaitlin Olson, American actress

## 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.