Willie

maleStatistical record

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

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

Willie: Recorded since 1970, with a gap of 14 years, it reached #304 in 1985, and it stood at #4,275 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#304highest recorded position

What stands out in Willie's record

Absent from every published list for 14 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2025

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3849
2016	#4810
2025	#4275

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 Republic of Ireland in 13 of the 55 years from 1970 to 2024.

In 2016: #601 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4810 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1970–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1970
First recorded at #305 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1970–2024
Highest recorded position: #304 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1985 (recorded 1970–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #4275 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Willie appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 13 years beginning in 1970, and has registered 44 births with the name.

Willie across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Willie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#305 (1970)	#304 (1985)	#785 (2024)	13 of 55	44 (1970–2024)	5 (2006)
England and Wales · Boys	#3849 (2005)	#3849 (2005)	#4275 (2025)	3 of 21	10 (2005–2025)	4 (2025)

Willie by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Willie in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	3	1 of 10	3
1980s	3	1 of 10	3
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	8	2 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	17	5 of 10	3
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 3 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1970 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #304 in Republic of Ireland in 1985.

Willie'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
2025	England and Wales	male	#4275	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

Where Willie is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Willie, between 1970 and 2025, in 15 of those 56 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1970–2024	13	#304 in 1985
England and Wales	2005–2025	3	#3849 in 2005

Its high point came 20 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1985) than in England and Wales (2005).

No registrar recorded it for 14 years after 1970; it appears again in 1985.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1970 and 2025, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #304, first reached in 1985.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 14 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 35 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

6decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 6 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
14 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,275position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
35 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
5births registered in its largest year, 2006Under 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.

Willem · #694, 30y
William · #1, 81y
Willis · #1152, 29y
Willoughby · #1124, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Calem · #303, 13y
Eathan · #305, 19y
Lughaidh · #305, 13y
Maitiu · #305, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Aldo · #304, 27y
Maxime · #304, 31y
Morris · #304, 32y
Dani · #306, 46y

Willie was ranked #304 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1985. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ahmed#304
Alec#304
Alexis#304
Alistair#304

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1970 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #304 in Republic of Ireland in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Willie

Willie at a glance

What stands out in Willie's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Willie across 2 official records

Willie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Popularity data

Where Willie is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Willie

Willie at a glance

What stands out in Willie's record

Willie across 2 official records

Willie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Willie