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How popular is the name Willis?
Births per year, rank history and how many Willises are alive today.
Willis (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2012, when 23 babies were given the name, the 1152nd most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2025 figure is roughly 17% of its peak. Common short forms of Willis include Liam and Billy.
The Willis you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Willises born in England and Wales are between 11 and 26, and there are at least 290 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Willis - on average, only one in every 1,045 such rooms contains a Willis.
How many babies are named Willis each year?
Where does Willis rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Willis most popular?
Willis peaked in 2012, when 23 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Willis?
At least 290 people named Willis born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Willis?
Most living Willises are between 11 and 26; the most common age is about 13.
Is Willis becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.