Meaning and history
This name comes from the word for the tree and is ultimately derived from Old English welig.
20062006: 578 births, rank #523
2007: 771 births, rank #425
2008: 797 births, rank #405
2009: 1,054 births, rank #312
2010: 1,122 births, rank #288
20112011: 1,575 births, rank #199
2012: 1,839 births, rank #171
2013: 2,079 births, rank #155
2014: 2,410 births, rank #136
2015: 2,811 births, rank #111
20162016: 3,125 births, rank #96
2017: 3,569 births, rank #80
2018: 3,933 births, rank #60
2019: 4,609 births, rank #45
2020: 4,401 births, rank #48
20212021: 5,195 births, rank #39
2022: 5,072 births, rank #37
2023: 4,765 births, rank #41
2024: 4,672 births, rank #41
20252025: 4,763 births, rank #44
Willow has risen sharply in the modern US rankings, moving from #761 in 2000 to #44 in 2025. It now stands at #44 for girls. Its highest annual birth count came in 2021, with 5,195 births.