first name
WILLOW
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 33,715 people named Willow, 78.4% reported their origin as White, 8.4% as two or more races and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 99% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Willow peaked in 2021, when 5,231 babies got the name.
At least 65,560 babies have been given the name since 1890. 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.
Willow by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #108. The largest share of babies named Willow, 78.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Willow is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Willow has been most common in Alaska (3.3×), Idaho (2.1×), and New Hampshire (2.1×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.17×).
62,613 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 Willow
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Willow, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Willow ranks #27,432 of 156,621, with 931 people. See Willow as a last name
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