Neutral
Willie
As a gender-neutral name, Willie traces back to Germanic, where it is understood to mean "Resolute protector". It has not kept pace since its 1920s peak. In the current registry, it is a name most people have come across. In total, about 568,589 American babies have carried this name since 1900.
GermanicDiminutive of William
GermanicResolute protector
Births by decade
1900s
30,103
1910s
75,867
1920s
105,804
1930s
86,332
1940s
90,499
1950s
76,495
1960s
43,441
1970s
24,992
1980s
17,351
1990s
9,847
2000s
5,167
2010s
2,691
Peaked in the 1920s · 568,589 total U.S. births since 1900