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“Son of Will” — English origin
Boy's name · #2567 in the US (2025) · Heirloom
Willis is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1880, when it ranked #86. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 52,000 boys since 1880, ranked #2567 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. It is also an American family name — about 130,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 1 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 312 notable people named Willis:
Lawyers & judges appear 1.9× more often than among typical names — e.g. Willis Van Devanter, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1859-1941).
Similar names: Willie · Marion · Whit · Dave · Angus · Morris
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