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Willard

Pronounced /ˈwɪləɹd/

Rank in 2024
#2,990
Born in 2024
41
Peak year
1915 · #58
Origin
Old English

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 41 boys were named Willard, about 1 in every 41,837.
  • It peaked in 1915 with 2,889 babies, ranked #58.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 77,607 boys have been named Willard since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Willard per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 1.9
    Greatest
  2. 1.1
    Silent
  3. 0.4
    Boomers
  4. 0.2
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 32,314 babies, 1.93 per 1,000. Silent: 22,241 babies, 1.08 per 1,000. Boomers: 13,435 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,272 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,601 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 888 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 505 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Old English wil (“will”) + heard (“brave, strong”).

  • A male given name from Old English of mostly American usage. Partly transferred back from the surname.
Origin
Old English
Say it
/ˈwɪləɹd/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Willard, CC BY-SA 4.0.