Girl name#482 of girl names
Willow
Pronounced W IH1 L OW2 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2021
- 135 years in use
How popular is Willow?
Willow is a girls' name, and first appears in 1890. It has been given to 60,727 children — the 482nd most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about three times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2021, when 5,193 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- W IH1 L OW2
- Stress pattern:
- 12
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Willow
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Willow
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Willow?
- Willow ranks 482nd among girls' names in US records, with 60,727 births since 1890. Over the past decade it accounts for 42,107.
- Is Willow a unisex name?
- No. Willow is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Willow most popular?
- 2021, when 5,193 children were given the name. It has been in use for 135 years and is still recorded as of 2024.