Baby name

Willa

Girl

Classic name

2019 was its best year: 889 births, or 1 baby in 3,906. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 146 years out of 146. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 422.

32,824births since 1880

2010sgeneration

No. 356rank at its peak, in 2019

Where babies named Willa are born

2019

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The darker the blue, the more common Willa is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Willa is most common in West Virginia (3.1 times), Oklahoma (3.1) and Arkansas (2.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Wilma 140,101
Wilda 12,759
Lilla 4,440
Willia 3,316
Rilla 2,659
Milla 2,136

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