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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Willetta

Willetta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1922, when it ranked 1058th with 52 babies. More babies were named Willetta in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
192252 babies
Total since 1880
1,880babies recorded

Willetta popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#5,53913
1970#3,30820
1960#2,19529
1950#2,34019
1940#1,47628
1930#1,28735
1920#1,31136
1910#1,9328
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Willetta, counting every spelling?

Willetta has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Willetta?

About 700 people born in the US named Willetta are alive today, with a median age of 69; half are between 58 and 79. That makes Willetta a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Willetta by state

How common Willetta was among girls born in each state in 1920–1924, around its peak. In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMO0.07Kentucky: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesKY0.03West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesKS0.07Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Willetta, girls, 1920–1924. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Willetta: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Willetta, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Willetta

How popular is the name Willetta?

Willetta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1922, when it ranked 1058th with 52 babies. More babies were named Willetta in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Willetta a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,880 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Willetta most popular?

In 1920–1924, Willetta was most common in Kansas (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Missouri and Kentucky.