Willis

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Willis: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Willis: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,152 in 2012, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1152highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#1174
1998	#1821
1999	#1664
2000	#1330
2001	#1949
2002	#2254
2003	#2857
2004	#2070
2005	#2418
2006	#2282
2007	#1506
2008	#1343
2009	#2544
2010	#2941
2011	#2892
2012	#1152
2013	#2055
2014	#1819
2015	#2150
2016	#1704
2017	#1812
2018	#1875
2019	#3013
2020	#2960
2021	#4789
2022	#3449
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1152 among boys in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Willis by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Willis in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000s	83	10 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	112	10 of 10	11
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Willis appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1152 in England and Wales in 2012.

Willis's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,152, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
27 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
23births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Willow · #5, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Khalifa · #1152, 23y
Dior · #1153, 27y
Mariama · #1153, 29y
Shayma · #1151, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Hadleigh · #1152, 21y
Khalifa · #1152, 23y
Dior · #1153, 27y
Mariama · #1153, 29y

Willis and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Willis without appearing here.

Willis moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #4685.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #2165 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #4789 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Willis

Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2960 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2892 and #1398.
Cooper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1330 and #1425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #907.
Kelly Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3013 and #4702 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3451.

Moved the opposite way to Willis

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willis went from #1765 to #3254 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willis went from #1765 to #3254 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willis went from #1765 to #3254 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willis went from #1765 to #3254 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Willis

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willis went from #1765 to #3254 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willis went from #1765 to #3254 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willis went from #1765 to #3254 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Willis went from #1765 to #3254 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1152 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Willis

Willis at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Willis by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Willis appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Willis and the names beside it

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Willis at a glance

Willis by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Willis appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Willis and the names beside it

Willis moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Willis

Moved the opposite way to Willis

Moved the same way as Willis