Willard

Origin and meaning of Willard

Gender:
Historical gender:

Usage over the past 5 years:

Boys - 100% (329 births)

Girls - 0% (0 births)

Source: US SSA data

Boy> Mostly boys
boy Boy

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Origin:

English

Meaning:

› Will, desire
› Brave, hardy

More info:

Willard is an English surname derived from the name Willihard/Wilheard. Willihard is derived from the element "wil" (desire) and "hard" (brave, hardy).

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Pronunciation:

WILL erd

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Popularity:

Ranks 2,610th in the latest U.S. Social Security Administration list of most popular baby boy names. Show popularity chart

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Categories:

Willard is listed in the name categories below

• Old English
• Surnames

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Popularity of Willard (Source: US SSA)

Year

Since 1880 Willard was chosen 77,928 times as a name, 883 times for girls and 77,045 times for boys

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Year	Overall Rank	Girls Rank	Boys Rank	Girls Births	Boys Births
2012	5,913	-	2,610	-	47
2011	7,397	-	3,286	-	34
2010	5,820	-	2,560	-	48
2009	6,764	-	2,981	-	40
2008	5,265	-	2,323	-	57
2007	5,945	-	2,593	-	48
2006	5,296	-	2,306	-	55
2005	4,755	-	2,077	-	60
2004	4,555	-	1,985	-	61
2003	4,638	-	2,000	-	58
2002	4,273	-	1,827	-	63
2001	4,368	-	1,865	-	60
2000	4,289	-	1,814	-	60
1999	4,138	-	1,746	-	59
1998	3,803	-	1,639	-	64
1997	3,613	-	1,567	-	66
1996	3,554	-	1,530	-	66
1995	2,989	-	1,297	-	83
1994	3,257	-	1,382	-	72
1993	3,123	-	1,312	-	76
1992	2,837	-	1,194	-	88
1991	2,991	-	1,251	-	80
1990	2,714	-	1,133	-	91
1989	2,259	-	966	-	112
1988	2,330	-	978	-	99
1987	2,032	-	864	-	117
1986	2,053	-	867	-	110
1985	2,104	-	888	-	105
1984	2,051	-	870	-	103
1983	1,794	-	770	-	128
1982	1,809	-	775	-	130
1981	1,760	-	749	-	136
1980	1,565	-	679	-	164
1979	1,515	-	656	-	171
1978	1,554	-	674	-	155
1977	1,476	-	647	-	172
1976	1,393	-	618	-	176
1975	1,190	-	531	-	229
1974	1,280	-	571	-	198
1973	1,192	-	533	-	219
1972	1,020	-	466	-	287
1971	1,026	-	468	-	303
1970	964	-	436	-	350
1969	978	8,679	445	5	311
1968	922	8,174	417	5	339
1967	836	6,780	379	6	395
1966	848	-	388	-	388
1965	836	-	381	-	415
1964	836	-	379	-	436
1963	775	-	351	-	496
1962	813	-	377	-	459
1961	775	6,552	353	6	506
1960	736	7,305	333	5	543
1959	710	-	325	-	572
1958	691	-	316	-	582
1957	656	-	301	-	636
1956	626	6,875	287	5	652
1955	578	-	258	-	721
1954	592	5,743	271	6	675
1953	535	5,656	246	6	763
1952	518	5,553	236	6	800
1951	517	-	243	-	780
1950	483	6,089	219	5	841
1949	456	4,226	210	8	924
1948	447	-	204	-	949
1947	429	4,753	198	7	1,024
1946	397	-	177	-	1,054
1945	377	4,551	172	6	959
1944	358	3,374	166	9	1,039
1943	338	4,190	159	7	1,228
1942	341	3,189	159	10	1,191
1941	336	3,246	159	9	1,085
1940	326	2,957	151	10	1,136
1939	321	3,420	147	8	1,103
1938	329	2,724	148	11	1,094
1937	308	2,313	135	14	1,163
1936	305	2,682	137	11	1,152
1935	295	2,435	132	13	1,213
1934	300	2,736	136	11	1,175
1933	278	1,903	130	18	1,278
1932	276	2,646	125	12	1,354
1931	265	1,545	122	25	1,379
1930	257	1,812	117	21	1,535
1929	260	1,820	114	21	1,512
1928	259	2,618	113	13	1,627
1927	246	1,483	106	31	1,731
1926	241	1,719	100	25	1,808
1925	242	1,574	97	29	1,794
1924	240	1,716	97	26	1,831
1923	226	1,840	92	23	1,946
1922	217	1,783	91	24	2,017
1921	213	1,574	89	29	2,078
1920	210	1,469	88	31	2,089
1919	204	1,369	87	33	2,017
1918	190	1,152	83	43	2,313
1917	182	1,124	80	41	2,186
1916	164	1,296	68	32	2,414
1915	134	1,170	58	35	2,889
1914	213	1,173	92	28	1,302
1913	230	1,305	99	20	926
1912	254	1,250	105	19	717
1911	315	1,240	114	15	338
1910	350	1,631	121	10	265
1909	355	1,216	125	13	219
1908	330	1,544	112	9	229
1907	348	2,053	118	6	201
1906	347	1,227	120	11	178
1905	335	1,055	119	14	180
1904	338	1,480	116	8	180
1903	352	1,436	123	8	162
1902	357	-	118	-	164
1901	372	-	122	-	136
1900	369	1,427	132	9	172
1899	338	1,391	116	7	144
1898	384	1,971	134	5	137
1897	351	-	118	-	143
1896	341	-	118	-	152
1895	398	-	138	-	113
1894	380	-	134	-	122
1893	373	-	129	-	118
1892	374	-	132	-	121
1891	378	-	135	-	101
1890	427	-	160	-	89
1889	383	-	149	-	100
1888	331	-	128	-	123
1887	351	-	137	-	95
1886	402	-	174	-	80
1885	336	-	144	-	95
1884	353	-	156	-	89
1883	312	-	139	-	92
1882	337	-	164	-	83
1881	279	-	130	-	94
1880	308	-	158	-	88

Show all years since 1880 ▼

1880-89	334	-	148
1890-99	378	1971	133
1900-09	350	1460	120
1910-19	226	1260	91
1920-29	233	1753	97
1930-39	290	2311	131
1940-49	372	3751	172
1950-59	577	5983	264
1960-64	775	6929	354
1965-69	861	7477	391
1970-74	1051	-	476
1975-79	1403	-	618
1980-84	1732	-	743
1985-89	2130	-	899
1990-94	2916	-	1223
1995-99	3490	-	1508
2000	4289	-	1814
2001	4368	-	1865
2002	4273	-	1827
2003	4638	-	2000
2004	4555	-	1985
2005	4755	-	2077
2006	5296	-	2306
2007	5945	-	2593
2008	5265	-	2323
2009	6764	-	2981
2010	5820	-	2560
2011	7397	-	3286
2012	5913	-	2610

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