Billie

Where Billie comes from

From Bill + -ie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Billie
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #828 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1890
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1915
    Billie Holiday born
    American jazz singer
  4. 1930
    Peak, #79
    3,241 babies named Billie — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1939
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #149.
  6. 1943
    Billie Jean King born
    American tennis player
In the dictionary
  • A male or female given name from the Germanic languages derived from Bill, the diminutive of William.
Namesakes
  • Billie Holiday · American jazz singer, 1915–1959
  • Billie Jean King · American tennis player, born 1943
  • Billie Joe Armstrong · American rock musician, born 1972
  • Billie Burke · American stage and film actress, 1884–1970
  • Billie Piper · British actress and singer, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.