How many Willowdeans are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Willowdean are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.

How popular is the name Willowdean in 2025?

Willowdean ranks #14942 among US girl names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Willowdean?

About 1 in every 321,453 US girls born in 2025 was named Willowdean — 5 in all.

Will my child share the name Willowdean with classmates?

Willowdean will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Willowdean

Feminine

#14942 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rare5 girls in 2025

Willowdean entered the US charts in 1925, peaked at #2095 in 1927, ranks #14942 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Willowdean?

Willowdean first appears in US birth records in 1925 — 100 years ago. The typical Willowdean alive today was born around 1931, making them about 94 years old. Fewer than a hundred people named Willowdean are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.

When was the name Willowdean most popular?

Willowdean peaked in 1927, reaching #2095 nationally. Today it ranks #14942, 12,847 places below that high. See the whole 1927 chart.

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What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 1925
Most girls named: 192718 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #2095reached in 1927
Change vs 2019: −28.6%5 in 2025, from 7

Willowdean sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1927, with 18 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Willowdeans among us

Fewer than a hundred people named Willowdean are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.

About 1 girl in 321,453 born in 2025 was named Willowdean

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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What happens to a name after it peaks

The Elisia test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Willowdean's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Elisia climbed just as high around 1908, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Elisia's path sketches the road Willowdean is walking now.

40%chance Willowdean will feel “very 2010s” by 2040

Willowdean, aligned on its peakElisia· peak 1908not yet written

Willowdean today is about where Elisia stood in 2006 — 98 years past a #2101-sized peak. By 2021, Elisia had settled around #3999.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Willowdean sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Willowdean beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Willowdean in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

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US girls given each name in 2025.

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How many Willowdeans are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Willowdean are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
How popular is the name Willowdean in 2025?: Willowdean ranks #14942 among US girl names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Willowdean?: About 1 in every 321,453 US girls born in 2025 was named Willowdean — 5 in all.
Will my child share the name Willowdean with classmates?: Willowdean will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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