Willetta
Recorded 1893–1992 · United States
Willetta was most popular in 1922, when 52 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,939 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,880 people named Willetta.
Willetta over time
How old is the name Willetta?
Willetta first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1893, which makes it about 132 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 91 of the 133 years since. It was last recorded in 1992.
How many people are named Willetta?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,880 American births named Willetta between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 751 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Willetta in 2025?
Willetta was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Willetta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Willetta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,880 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Willetta?
Roughly 751 Americans named Willetta are alive today — 40% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 70 years old, and half are between 59 and 79.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org