Willy

OriginDiminutive of William

Meaning"resolute protection"

GenderBoy

US Rank#980

Top 1000

About Willy

Variation of Wilhelm

US popularity — history

US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025

Actual · SSA

20142025

18802025

Data table

Year	US rank	Births	Per million
2014	#3,228	35	18.2
2015	#3,678	30	15.7
2016	#4,088	26	13.7
2017	#4,100	26	14
2018	#3,049	39	21.5
2019	#3,790	29	16.2
2020	#3,070	38	22
2021	#3,731	30	17.1
2022	#3,686	31	17.8
2023	—	0	0
2024	#4,405	24	13.9
2025	#4,041	27	15.8

Willy Brandt (born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm)
German chancellor and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Willy Martin Ernst Rohr
German WWI army officer
Willy DeVille (born William Paul Borsey Jr.)
American singer,songwriter of band Mink DeVille
William S. "Willy" Eisenhart
American art writer
Willy Ley
German,American science writer
Willy
pen name of Henry Gauthier,Villars, French writer and husband of novelist Colette
Willy Moon (born William George Sinclair)
New Zealand pop singer
Willebrord Jan Frans Maria "Willy" Vandersteen
German cartoonist
Willy Munyoki Mutunga
former Chief Justice of Kenya
Willy Will (born William Hodge II)
American music producer

Willy Wonka
character in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and American candy brand
"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
" 1971 film
Willy
whale in the "Free Willy" movie series
Willy
sailor in British animated series "Captain Pugwash"
"Willy
" song by Joni Mitchell
Willy Loman
in Arthur Miller's plat "Death of a Salesman"
Willy
character in the video game "Stardew Valley"