Willo
Willo is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Willo Davis Roberts (1928–2004), American writer of children's novels Willo Flood, Irish footballer Willo McDonagh, Irish footballer
Meaning & Origin of Willo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Willo is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Willo Davis Roberts (1928–2004), American writer of children's novels Willo Flood, Irish footballer Willo McDonagh, Irish footballer
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The Story of Willo
Willo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1911, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1924: 23 births, good for #1,811 nationwide. About 26% of every Willo on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Willo last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 628 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Willo
Willo is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 628 births in the dataset. Willo's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #1,811. Use the chart and map above to compare Willo'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 .
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