Willa

What Willa means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Willa yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #480 in 2015 to #422 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Willa?

US: Rising: up from #480 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1204 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 887 girls got the name (#349 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,166 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,871 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (3.33 per 1,000 girls), MT (2.48 per 1,000 girls), NE (1.97 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Willa is #422 in the US and #705 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Willa were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Willow4,763 US · 1,384 E&W
• Wiley23 US
• Willo9 US
• Willah7 US
• Wila5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Willa

Girls

• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Amelia#4“vigor, bravery”^*
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Emory#339Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #339 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Adelaide#289“noble + nature, character”^*
• Evelina#778Editor’s note Up from #1,354 in 2015 to #778 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Henry#5Editor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records
• Emory#883Editor’s note Down from #830 in 2015 to #883 in 2025 in the US
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*
• Emery#814Editor’s note Down from #745 in 2015 to #814 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Willa’s. Rank is US 2025.