girls:
3.3k births since 1882
#3005 (47th percentile)
boys:
550 births since 1893
#4036 (12th percentile)
overall:
3.9k births since 1882
#4423 (43rd percentile)
The name Willia is the #4,423 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,866 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 42.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,005 (47.4% percentile) for all time with 3,316 births since 1882. For boys, it ranks #4,036 (11.9% percentile) for all time with 550 births since 1893.
Willia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for girls and 1893 for boys). Birth data for Willia is available in 103 out of the 108 years between 1882 and 1989 (87 years for girls and 65 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Willia has been given predominantly to girls, with 85.8% of all recorded births being female. In 1989, 0.0% of babies named Willia were girls. Interestingly, until around 1969, the name was more popular for girls (90.1% girls from 1882 to 1968), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (85.2% boys from 1969 to 1989).
For girls, Willia reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 14.7% percentile (ranked #517) with 79 births per million. The name was most common in 1902, with 103 births per million (ranked 6.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1981.
For boys, Willia reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #690) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1902, with 45 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Willia".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Willia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.2% confident that Willia is pronounced as WIH-lee-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is WIHL-yuh, at 15.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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