Willow-Rae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- WIL-oh-RAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
Willow-Rae is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “willow tree + Rae (short for Rachel)”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies).
What does Willow-Rae mean?
Modern: blend of Willow and Rae
“willow tree + Rae (short for Rachel)”
Combines the tree name Willow with Rae, a short form of Rachel often used in double-barrelled names.
Is Willow-Rae a girl's or a boy's name?
Willow-Rae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Willow-Rae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Willow-Rae, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 26 girls.
Half of all the girls named Willow-Rae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Willow-Rae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
Nicknames for Willow-Rae
- Willow 1,539 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Willow-Rae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ottilie, Winnie, Bonnie, Rosie, Elodie, Marnie, Athena, Ivy-Rose, Aurora, Delilah, Willow, Clementine
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Willow-Rae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/willow-rae, updated 20 October 2026.