Willard
Boy · Old English
Willard is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “will”. In 2025 it ranked 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).
What does Willard mean?
Old English
“will”
A male given name from Old English of mostly American usage. Partly transferred back from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Willard a girl's or a boy's name?
Willard is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Willard in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,718among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Willard, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,758th. Its busiest year was 1915, with 2,889 boys.
2025 had more boys named Willard than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Willard in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1947, the years shaded on the chart below.
Willard in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #2,718 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 44 | #2,758 |
| 2019 | 46 | #2,735 |
| 2018 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2010 | 49 | #2,510 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2008 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 2007 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,247 |
| 2005 | 60 | #2,057 |
| 2004 | 63 | #1,930 |
| 2003 | 59 | #1,958 |
| 2002 | 64 | #1,789 |
| 2001 | 61 | #1,812 |
| 2000 | 60 | #1,795 |
| 1999 | 59 | #1,730 |
| 1998 | 64 | #1,619 |
| 1997 | 66 | #1,547 |
| 1996 | 67 | #1,497 |
| 1995 | 83 | #1,281 |
| 1994 | 72 | #1,369 |
| 1993 | 76 | #1,301 |
| 1992 | 89 | #1,173 |
| 1991 | 81 | #1,230 |
| 1990 | 91 | #1,125 |
| 1989 | 113 | #957 |
| 1988 | 99 | #969 |
| 1987 | 117 | #860 |
| 1986 | 111 | #860 |
| 1985 | 105 | #884 |
| 1984 | 103 | #866 |
| 1983 | 128 | #763 |
| 1982 | 130 | #774 |
| 1981 | 136 | #746 |
| 1980 | 164 | #678 |
| 1979 | 171 | #654 |
| 1978 | 155 | #671 |
| 1977 | 172 | #646 |
| 1976 | 177 | #614 |
| 1975 | 229 | #530 |
| 1974 | 198 | #570 |
| 1973 | 220 | #529 |
| 1972 | 284 | #466 |
| 1971 | 306 | #467 |
| 1970 | 350 | #434 |
| 1969 | 311 | #445 |
| 1968 | 339 | #417 |
| 1967 | 394 | #380 |
| 1966 | 388 | #387 |
| 1965 | 413 | #381 |
| 1964 | 438 | #378 |
| 1963 | 497 | #351 |
| 1962 | 460 | #376 |
| 1961 | 506 | #353 |
| 1960 | 543 | #333 |
| 1959 | 572 | #325 |
| 1958 | 586 | #314 |
| 1957 | 636 | #301 |
| 1956 | 654 | #287 |
| 1955 | 723 | #257 |
| 1954 | 676 | #270 |
| 1953 | 767 | #246 |
| 1952 | 799 | #236 |
| 1951 | 778 | #243 |
| 1950 | 841 | #219 |
| 1949 | 927 | #209 |
| 1948 | 950 | #204 |
| 1947 | 1,025 | #198 |
| 1946 | 1,057 | #177 |
| 1945 | 957 | #172 |
| 1944 | 1,040 | #166 |
| 1943 | 1,231 | #159 |
| 1942 | 1,191 | #159 |
| 1941 | 1,085 | #159 |
| 1940 | 1,140 | #151 |
| 1939 | 1,103 | #147 |
| 1938 | 1,095 | #148 |
| 1937 | 1,163 | #135 |
| 1936 | 1,157 | #136 |
| 1935 | 1,214 | #132 |
| 1934 | 1,175 | #136 |
| 1933 | 1,283 | #130 |
| 1932 | 1,357 | #125 |
| 1931 | 1,376 | #124 |
| 1930 | 1,537 | #117 |
| 1929 | 1,511 | #114 |
| 1928 | 1,628 | #112 |
| 1927 | 1,734 | #106 |
| 1926 | 1,810 | #100 |
| 1925 | 1,795 | #97 |
| 1924 | 1,834 | #97 |
| 1923 | 1,945 | #92 |
| 1922 | 2,017 | #91 |
| 1921 | 2,077 | #89 |
| 1920 | 2,089 | #88 |
| 1919 | 2,014 | #87 |
| 1918 | 2,311 | #83 |
| 1917 | 2,188 | #80 |
| 1916 | 2,413 | #69 |
| 1915 | 2,889 | #58 |
| 1914 | 1,302 | #92 |
| 1913 | 926 | #99 |
| 1912 | 718 | #104 |
| 1911 | 338 | #113 |
| 1910 | 265 | #119 |
| 1909 | 219 | #125 |
| 1908 | 229 | #112 |
| 1907 | 201 | #118 |
| 1906 | 178 | #120 |
| 1905 | 180 | #119 |
| 1904 | 180 | #116 |
| 1903 | 162 | #122 |
| 1902 | 164 | #118 |
| 1901 | 136 | #122 |
| 1900 | 172 | #132 |
| 1899 | 144 | #115 |
| 1898 | 137 | #134 |
| 1897 | 143 | #117 |
| 1896 | 152 | #118 |
| 1895 | 113 | #138 |
| 1894 | 122 | #133 |
| 1893 | 118 | #128 |
| 1892 | 121 | #132 |
| 1891 | 101 | #135 |
| 1890 | 89 | #159 |
| 1889 | 100 | #148 |
| 1888 | 123 | #127 |
| 1887 | 95 | #134 |
| 1886 | 80 | #173 |
| 1885 | 95 | #144 |
| 1884 | 89 | #154 |
| 1883 | 92 | #133 |
| 1882 | 83 | #163 |
| 1881 | 94 | #127 |
| 1880 | 88 | #154 |
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