Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from Will, a diminutive of William.
20062006: 79 births, rank #1,758
2007: 80 births, rank #1,811
2008: 59 births, rank #2,237
2009: 66 births, rank #2,077
2010: 52 births, rank #2,402
20112011: 74 births, rank #1,886
2012: 78 births, rank #1,863
2013: 75 births, rank #1,878
2014: 81 births, rank #1,828
2015: 74 births, rank #1,955
20162016: 70 births, rank #2,028
2017: 51 births, rank #2,493
2018: 55 births, rank #2,385
2019: 50 births, rank #2,582
2020: 62 births, rank #2,212
20212021: 62 births, rank #2,253
2022: 44 births, rank #2,873
2023: 60 births, rank #2,315
2024: 50 births, rank #2,637
20252025: 52 births, rank #2,539
Willis rose from #960 to #957 for boys between 1992 and 1993. Its highest annual birth count came in 1924, with 1,261 births.