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The name Willa peaked for boys at #3511 in 1937. Willa is also used for girls, ranking #423 in 2024.

The name Willa is a girl's name of German origin meaning "resolute protection".

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Willa has become increasingly fashionable, with its combination of Willa (born Wilella) Cather-like pioneer strength and the graceful beauty of the willow tree. 
Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas are the latest celebrities to welcome a daughter named Willa. Other stars who used this name include actress Keri Russell, who named her daughter Willa Lou and the late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who used Willa for the youngest of his three children. David Mamet and Brian De Palma also have daughters named Willa, plus it's the middle name of Meryl Streep's actress daughter Mary (called Mamie.) Young Willa characters have appears on Six Feet Under and True Blood.
 Willa originated as a short form of Wilhelmina. After a half-century hiatus, it reentered the U.S. Top 1000 in 2010 and soared to the Top 500, for the first time since 1949, in 2015. Willa might also work as an honor name for an ancestral William.

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The name Willa is currently ranked #423 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #274 in 1932. The name is most popular in WILLA, WILLA, and WILLA. Willa is occasionally used for boys in 1937.

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