# Willy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/willy/  
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 | /ˈwɪli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Willie |
| US babies named this | 4,053 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,937 / 116 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Will + -y.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 5 | 5,724 |
| 1926 | 7 | 4,296 |
| 1927 | 7 | 4,278 |
| 1932 | 5 | 5,081 |
| 1933 | 7 | 3,742 |
| 1940 | 6 | 4,337 |
| 1942 | 5 | 5,365 |
| 1943 | 9 | 3,486 |
| 1944 | 8 | 3,682 |
| 1947 | 10 | 3,700 |
| 1949 | 5 | 6,048 |
| 1954 | 5 | 6,607 |
| 1955 | 5 | 6,717 |
| 1961 | 5 | 7,517 |
| 1973 | 6 | 8,407 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 41 | 2,902 |
| 2012 | 44 | 2,768 |
| 2013 | 38 | 2,996 |
| 2014 | 35 | 3,229 |
| 2015 | 30 | 3,680 |
| 2016 | 26 | 4,089 |
| 2017 | 26 | 4,101 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,051 |
| 2019 | 29 | 3,791 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3,070 |
| 2021 | 30 | 3,733 |
| 2022 | 31 | 3,686 |
| 2023 | 20 | 5,056 |
| 2024 | 24 | 4,423 |
| 2025 | 27 | 4,041 |

## People named Willy

- Willy Caballero, Argentine association football player
- Willy Sagnol, French football manager
- Willy van de Kerkhof, Dutch association football player
- Willy Boly, French-Ivorian footballer (born 1991)
- Willy Claes, Belgian former politician
- Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer and scout (1946–2021)
- Willy Puchner, Austrian photographer
- Willy Aubameyang, Gabonese and French footballer
- Willy Böckl, Austrian figure skater (1893–1975)
- Willy Hansen, Danish cyclist (1906-1978)
- Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (1918-1997)
- Willy Semedo, French and Cape Verdean association football player

## 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.