Billie

Where Billie comes from

From Bill + -ie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Billie
  • Vowel-ended
Billie through the years
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #828 among girls with 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 on, more girls have.
  3. 1915
    Billie Holiday born
    American jazz singer
  4. 1930
    Peak, #79
    3,241 babies named Billie, the most in any year.
  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.