Willson
Boy · WIL-son · English
Willson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Will”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Willson mean?
English: spelling of Wilson; patronymic surname
“son of Will”
A surname meaning son of Will; Prime Minister Harold Wilson and US President Woodrow Wilson both bore it.
- Say it
- WIL-son
Meaning borrowed from Wilson. More on Wiktionary.
Is Willson a girl's or a boy's name?
Willson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Willson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Willson, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Willson in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 413 boys in the US were given Willson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #631, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
- Wilson 405
- Willson 8
Willson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
Names like Willson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Willson
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