Boy
Willis
Willis is a boy's name meaning "English patronymic", drawing on English roots. It had its heyday in the 1920s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. 1924 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
EnglishEnglish patronymic
Etymology"Son of William" – "resolute protector"
Births by decade
1900s
1,495
1910s
7,495
1920s
11,944
1930s
8,372
1940s
6,257
1950s
4,665
1960s
3,080
1970s
2,212
1980s
1,928
1990s
1,228
2000s
748
2010s
541
Peaked in the 1920s · 49,965 total U.S. births since 1900