Willena
Willena is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192334 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1884
- 1,068people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,068 girls have been named Willena in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 34 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 34 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1935, and the 1920s alone account for 22%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Willena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 12 | |
| 1910s | 160 | |
| 1920s | 236 | |
| 1930s | 189 | |
| 1940s | 145 | |
| 1950s | 117 | |
| 1960s | 85 | |
| 1970s | 68 | |
| 1980s | 42 | |
| 1990s | 9 |
In 1923, its biggest year
Willena was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1923 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Betty. See all of 1923.
Names that rose and fell with Willena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Paulenepeak 1920
- Wanettapeak 1922
- Virginiapeak 1922
- Emeldapeak 1926
- Maxinepeak 1924
- Lavaughnpeak 1923
- Christeenpeak 1928
- Juanitapeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.