COMPILED FROM THE FEDERAL REGISTERS, 1880 TO THE PRESENT
THE ENDANGERED NAMES LIST
American first names, tracked to the federal reporting line.

FROM THE REGISTER — CRITICALLY LOW

Willie
A female given name · United States

REPORTED IN 2025: 9 BIRTHS — THE LINE IS 5

Willie (F): reported births per year01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000188019001920194019601980200020202025FEDERAL REPORTING LINE (5)PEAK 4,051 — 1919
Reported births per year, 1880–2025. The y-axis starts at zero. Years below the reporting line appear as gaps, not zeros.

Willie, for girls — once thousands a year. The record holds 146,197 of them, 4,051 in 1919 alone. In 2025 there were 9. The reporting line is five; below it, the record prints nothing at all. It has been under before — 2001 through 2006 — and climbed out.

REGISTER EXTRACT
First reported1880
Last reported2025 — 9 births
Peak1919 — 4,051 births
Total recorded, 1880–2025146,197
Years above the line130 of a possible 146
Longest absence6 years (2001–2006)

Nearby in the register

Eula

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1919

Myrtle

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1918

Queenie

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1917

Almira

Critically Low · 1880–2025 · peak 1917

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national names file (1880–2025). Names below 5 occurrences in a year are not reported.

Somewhere, a grandmother is unsurprised.

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