Willow
Nationally, Willow lands at #44 for 2025, sitting where it has sat for years. An old entry (1890) having its biggest moment now, with 65,095 American bearers across the record.
Willow’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Willow, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Willow since 1890
Willow peaked in 2021 at #39; #44 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Willow is most common
Among the states, Willow takes its largest share in Vermont, 1.44% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with Wyoming and West Virginia next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Willow
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Wesley
#52 in 2025
Weston
#55 in 2025
Waylon
#56 in 2025
Walker
#78 in 2025
Wrenley
#159 in 2025
Miles
#44 in 2025 · Greek
Carter
#45 in 2025
Mila
#43 in 2025 · Slavonic
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About Willow
How popular is the name Willow?
Nationally, Willow lands at #44 for 2025, sitting where it has sat for years. The full curve since 1890 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Willow have a meaning on record?
There is no citable gloss for Willow in our public-domain source. We show the chart, the related names and the kit, and leave the etymology to a reference you can check.
What names go with Willow?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Wesley, Weston and Waylon, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
Get Willow’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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