Girl
Willa
Willa is a girl's name, a solidly familiar choice, that has stayed remarkably steady since peaking in the 1920s.
EtymologyFeminine of William
EtymologyMeaning "resolute protector"
Births by decade
1900s
890
1910s
2,669
1920s
4,799
1930s
4,458
1940s
3,414
1950s
2,118
1960s
956
1970s
333
1980s
280
1990s
404
2000s
1,343
2010s
3,936
Peaked in the 1920s · 25,600 total U.S. births since 1900