Willi
Willi is a given name, nickname and surname. Notable people with the name include:
- German
Meaning & Origin of Willi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Willi is a given name, nickname and surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Willi
The earliest SSA record of Willi as a baby boy name dates back to 1919, when 6 babies received it. 1958 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Willi — #2,642 in the national rankings. About 24% of every Willi on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Willi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 144 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Willi
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Willi. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Willi
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About the name Willi
Willi is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 144 births in the dataset. Willi's peak popularity came in 1958 when it ranked #2,642. Use the chart and map above to compare Willi's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.