Willy
Boy · WIL-ee · Germanic
Willy is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “will + helmet, protection”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Willy mean?
Germanic: pet form of William
“will + helmet, protection”
A pet form of William; Willy Wonka is the chocolate maker in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964).
- Say it
- WIL-ee
Is Willy a girl's or a boy's name?
Willy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Willy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Willy, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 69 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the boys named Willy in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 174 boys in the US were given Willy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,073, up from #3,948 for this spelling alone.
- Willie 147
- Willy 27
Girls were 23% of the babies named Willy in the US in 1933, and 11% in 1973.
Willy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 41 | #2,851 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 48 | #2,584 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,206 |
| 2007 | 49 | #2,533 |
| 2006 | 47 | #2,541 |
| 2005 | 48 | #2,395 |
| 2004 | 48 | #2,340 |
| 2003 | 49 | #2,202 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 59 | #1,867 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,045 |
| 1999 | 55 | #1,798 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,196 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,123 |
| 1996 | 47 | #1,904 |
| 1995 | 48 | #1,796 |
| 1994 | 64 | #1,472 |
| 1993 | 69 | #1,395 |
| 1992 | 49 | #1,726 |
| 1991 | 58 | #1,496 |
| 1990 | 63 | #1,404 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,810 |
| 1987 | 47 | #1,504 |
| 1986 | 38 | #1,661 |
| 1985 | 42 | #1,543 |
| 1984 | 37 | #1,605 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,562 |
| 1981 | 43 | #1,455 |
| 1980 | 34 | #1,695 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,598 |
| 1978 | 56 | #1,186 |
| 1977 | 40 | #1,450 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 40 | #1,351 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,186 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 29 | #1,636 |
| 1970 | 33 | #1,461 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 40 | #1,206 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 32 | #1,344 |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,081 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,218 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,137 |
| 1962 | 57 | #1,012 |
| 1961 | 52 | #1,077 |
| 1960 | 52 | #1,071 |
| 1959 | 47 | #1,128 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,171 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,249 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,442 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,502 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,381 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,330 |
| 1952 | 20 | #1,700 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,294 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,363 |
| 1949 | 22 | #1,582 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,508 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,226 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,187 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,421 |
| 1941 | 28 | #1,254 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,359 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,439 |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,265 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,390 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,386 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,405 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,368 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,564 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,569 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,661 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,744 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,543 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
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