Willie
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Willie
There have been many great Willies (Mays, Nelson, Wonka), but a boy with this name could never ever go to England. Most people will also assume it is short for the more traditional William, which might be the best avenue for achieving this nickname.
Willie for girls#10870 US
Willie is one of the adorable boyish nicknames newly fashionable for girls, rarer than Billie. It definitely makes the somewhat-fearsome Wilhelmina more fun and approachable.
The -ie spelling separates the name from Free Willy and Willy Wonka. Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott is the female lead character in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, played by Kate Capshaw.
Pronounced WIL-ee.
As of October 2026, Willie ranked #1322 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #11 in 1910.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #725 | 331 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #774 | 307 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #797 | 294 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #803 | 285 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #932 | 226 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,011 | 207 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #995 | 215 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,205 | 161 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,167 | 176 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,326 | 144 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,375 | 137 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,322 | 147 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Willie for boys
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Famous Willies
- Willie Howard Mays Jr.Boy
American baseball player
- Willie Hugh NelsonBoy
American singer,songwriter
- William James "Willie" DixonBoy
American musician
- Willie Jess RobertsonBoy
American reality TV personality
- Willie GarsonBoy
(born William Garson Paszamant), American actor
- Willie Lee McCoveyBoy
American baseball player
- William Anthony "Willie" ColonBoy
American musician
- Wilver Dornell "Willie" StargellBoy
American baseball player
- Willie AamesBoy
American actor
- Willie Mae "Big Mama" ThorntonGirl
American R&B singer
- Willie Mae Ford SmithGirl
American gospel singer
- Willie Mae ReidGirl
American politician in Chicago
Willie in pop culture
- Willie Graeme of WesterburnflatBoy
character in "The Black Dwarf" by Sir Walter Scott
- Willie HughesBoy
character in "The Portrait of Mr. W. H." by Oscar Wilde
- Willie PriceBoy
character in "Anna of the Five Towns" by Arnold Bennett
- Willie T. SokeBoy
character in "Bad Santa"
- "Wee Willie Winkie"Boy
Scottish nursery rhyme
- "Willie o Winsbury"Boy
17th century traditional English-language folk ballad
- "Willie's Lady"Boy
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Willie's Lyke-Wake"Boy
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Willie and Lady Maisry"Boy
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Willie o Douglas Dale"Boy
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Willie and the Earl Richard's Daughter"Boy
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Willie Macintosh"Boy
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Kinmont Willie"Boy
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Rare Willie Drowned in Yarrow"Boy
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Willie's Fatal Visit"Boy
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Alison and Willie"Boy
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- Wilhelmina "Willie" ScottGirl
a main character from movie "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"
- Elizabeth "Willie" WilliamsGirl
character from movie "Leviathan"