Willoughby
7
Babies in 2024
-30%
10-year change
2008
Peak · 22
-22%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Willoughby
Willoughby peaked among UK boys' names in the late 2000s (22 babies in 2008) and has remained in active use — 7 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Willoughby reached its peak in 2008, when 22 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,124 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 7 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 26 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 244 boys have been officially registered with the name Willoughby in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 119 boys were registered with the name, starting from 10 in 2014 and ending at 7 in 2024.