first name
WILLARD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,615 people named Willard, 83.2% reported their origin as White, 10.6% as Black and 2.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Willard peaked in 1915, when 2,924 babies got the name.
At least 78,542 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Willard by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #194. The largest share of babies named Willard, 41.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Willard is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Willard has been most common in West Virginia (3.4×), Kentucky (2.9×), and North Dakota (2.3×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.13×).
69,335 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Willard
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Willard, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Willard ranks #1,733 of 156,621, with 20,179 people. See Willard as a last name
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