Billie
#691 for girls in 2025, 409 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to girls 76.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1930 · 3,241 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 7 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 103,663since 1886
Billie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #691 | 409 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #695 | 406 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #866 | 309 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #950 | 285 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #942 | 280 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #1,009 | 251 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #1,133 | 213 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #1,461 | 150 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #1,779 | 117 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #2,033 | 97 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,012 | 98 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #1,706 | 123 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #1,834 | 110 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #2,095 | 91 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #2,190 | 86 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #2,514 | 73 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2009 | #2,396 | 80 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #2,218 | 89 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #1,957 | 105 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #2,069 | 95 | #3,888 | 25 |
| 2005 | #2,160 | 85 | #3,941 | 23 |
| 2004 | #1,909 | 98 | #3,456 | 27 |
| 2003 | #1,526 | 127 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #1,594 | 116 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | #1,340 | 143 | #3,721 | 22 |
| 2000 | #1,305 | 146 | #3,640 | 22 |
| 1999 | #1,130 | 174 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #1,007 | 198 | #3,092 | 25 |
| 1997 | #930 | 213 | #2,903 | 26 |
| 1996 | #950 | 202 | #2,115 | 40 |
| 1995 | #853 | 229 | #2,140 | 38 |
| 1994 | #833 | 241 | #1,977 | 42 |
| 1993 | #889 | 217 | #1,933 | 42 |
| 1992 | #892 | 220 | #1,955 | 41 |
| 1991 | #910 | 212 | #1,744 | 46 |
| 1990 | #836 | 235 | #1,361 | 67 |
| 1989 | #816 | 232 | #1,550 | 52 |
| 1988 | #667 | 289 | #1,576 | 46 |
| 1987 | #660 | 285 | #1,337 | 55 |
| 1986 | #650 | 283 | #1,385 | 51 |
| 1985 | #588 | 331 | #1,170 | 64 |
| 1984 | #509 | 387 | #993 | 80 |
| 1983 | #416 | 520 | #1,028 | 74 |
| 1982 | #426 | 514 | #907 | 97 |
| 1981 | #352 | 667 | #826 | 113 |
| 1980 | #306 | 802 | #804 | 119 |
| 1979 | #292 | 819 | #890 | 96 |
| 1978 | #294 | 785 | #768 | 121 |
| 1977 | #285 | 843 | #843 | 103 |
| 1976 | #238 | 1,000 | #790 | 110 |
| 1975 | #243 | 1,011 | #831 | 100 |
| 1974 | #227 | 1,132 | #704 | 136 |
| 1973 | #235 | 1,092 | #665 | 144 |
| 1972 | #250 | 1,077 | #770 | 107 |
| 1971 | #263 | 1,113 | #715 | 134 |
| 1970 | #271 | 1,104 | #664 | 152 |
| 1969 | #312 | 822 | #707 | 122 |
| 1968 | #307 | 815 | #614 | 153 |
| 1967 | #293 | 858 | #623 | 145 |
| 1966 | #329 | 720 | #579 | 170 |
| 1965 | #336 | 723 | #599 | 161 |
| 1964 | #307 | 897 | #572 | 191 |
| 1963 | #379 | 660 | #572 | 190 |
| 1962 | #368 | 654 | #572 | 187 |
| 1961 | #353 | 733 | #603 | 172 |
| 1960 | #336 | 783 | #570 | 187 |
| 1959 | #325 | 832 | #548 | 203 |
| 1958 | #306 | 863 | #580 | 178 |
| 1957 | #280 | 990 | #518 | 219 |
| 1956 | #250 | 1,125 | #506 | 223 |
| 1955 | #250 | 1,092 | #532 | 190 |
| 1954 | #225 | 1,279 | #462 | 246 |
| 1953 | #219 | 1,333 | #465 | 229 |
| 1952 | #208 | 1,389 | #460 | 236 |
| 1951 | #204 | 1,420 | #471 | 208 |
| 1950 | #204 | 1,315 | #423 | 251 |
| 1949 | #202 | 1,356 | #405 | 274 |
| 1948 | #178 | 1,547 | #399 | 289 |
| 1947 | #175 | 1,652 | #372 | 341 |
| 1946 | #164 | 1,635 | #348 | 349 |
| 1945 | #152 | 1,556 | #347 | 293 |
| 1944 | #142 | 1,763 | #297 | 405 |
| 1943 | #138 | 1,994 | #297 | 428 |
| 1942 | #143 | 1,829 | #289 | 439 |
| 1941 | #149 | 1,554 | #269 | 444 |
| 1940 | #149 | 1,485 | #251 | 480 |
| 1939 | #149 | 1,537 | #219 | 551 |
| 1938 | #139 | 1,746 | #191 | 688 |
| 1937 | #126 | 1,937 | #185 | 712 |
| 1936 | #117 | 1,990 | #167 | 824 |
| 1935 | #106 | 2,248 | #168 | 844 |
| 1934 | #92 | 2,559 | #147 | 1,037 |
| 1933 | #92 | 2,483 | #146 | 1,039 |
| 1932 | #93 | 2,635 | #141 | 1,191 |
| 1931 | #81 | 2,921 | #128 | 1,343 |
| 1930 | #79 | 3,241 | #123 | 1,474 |
| 1929 | #79 | 3,191 | #122 | 1,430 |
| 1928 | #96 | 2,777 | #133 | 1,317 |
| 1927 | #109 | 2,550 | #135 | 1,320 |
| 1926 | #122 | 2,170 | #145 | 1,155 |
| 1925 | #141 | 1,828 | #156 | 989 |
| 1924 | #158 | 1,599 | #167 | 882 |
| 1923 | #177 | 1,245 | #184 | 770 |
| 1922 | #190 | 1,105 | #214 | 615 |
| 1921 | #190 | 1,104 | #239 | 547 |
| 1920 | #212 | 902 | #240 | 523 |
| 1919 | #222 | 790 | #281 | 356 |
| 1918 | #239 | 709 | #325 | 306 |
| 1917 | #249 | 618 | #354 | 246 |
| 1916 | #257 | 565 | #372 | 217 |
| 1915 | #271 | 468 | #416 | 170 |
| 1914 | #292 | 326 | #429 | 125 |
| 1913 | #274 | 289 | #475 | 83 |
| 1912 | #283 | 258 | #450 | 76 |
| 1911 | #305 | 169 | #481 | 37 |
| 1910 | #302 | 165 | #430 | 40 |
| 1909 | #297 | 144 | #473 | 29 |
| 1908 | #301 | 139 | #463 | 28 |
| 1907 | #319 | 118 | #591 | 18 |
| 1906 | #292 | 127 | #489 | 21 |
| 1905 | #319 | 112 | #410 | 27 |
| 1904 | #397 | 67 | #492 | 19 |
| 1903 | #346 | 83 | #470 | 20 |
| 1902 | #378 | 70 | #583 | 14 |
| 1901 | #414 | 52 | #536 | 14 |
| 1900 | #381 | 76 | #469 | 24 |
| 1899 | #593 | 27 | #548 | 13 |
| 1898 | #472 | 43 | #663 | 11 |
| 1897 | #567 | 28 | #495 | 16 |
| 1896 | #453 | 41 | #551 | 14 |
| 1895 | #638 | 23 | #579 | 13 |
| 1894 | #697 | 18 | #567 | 13 |
| 1893 | #687 | 18 | #572 | 12 |
| 1892 | #762 | 15 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #839 | 11 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 | #498 | 14 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | #528 | 14 |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | #516 | 12 |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | #540 | 12 |
| 1885 | — | #480 | 15 | |
| 1884 | — | #433 | 18 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
The first year at least five girls were named Billie! It came in at #828, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1888, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Billie is popular in 1900
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Billie
- 4 spots since 2024 (#695 → #691)
- 318 spots since 2020 (#1,009 → #691)
- 1,321 spots since 2015 (#2,012 → #691)
- Biggest jump: 412 spots in 1889 (#1,136 → #724)
- Biggest drop: 216 spots in 1890 (#724 → #940)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1930 at #79 (3,241 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 7 yrs · run 1928–1934
- Top 1,000: 116 yrs · run 1889–1997
- Highest: 1 in 347 girls born in 1930 were named Billie (0.29%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,930 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 22.5% of all girls named Billie (23,297) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1889, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 34 | #724 (1889) | #906 |
| 1890s | 233 | #453 (1896) | #665 |
| 1900s | 988 | #292 (1906) | #344 |
| 1910s | 4,357 | #222 (1919) | #269 |
| 1920s | 18,471 | #79 (1929) | #147 |
| 1930s | 23,297 | #79 (1930) | #107 |
| 1940s | 16,371 | #138 (1943) | #159 |
| 1950s | 11,638 | #204 (1951) | #247 |
| 1960s | 7,665 | #293 (1967) | #332 |
| 1970s | 9,976 | #227 (1974) | #260 |
| 1980s | 4,310 | #306 (1980) | #539 |
| 1990s | 2,141 | #833 (1994) | #923 |
| 2000s | 1,084 | #1,305 (2000) | #1,847 |
| 2010s | 1,158 | #1,133 (2019) | #1,876 |
| 2020s | 1,940 | #691 (2025) | #859 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Billie in 1900
Top girls' names in 1900
Top boys' names in 1900
More about 1900
girls
299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 3,945 of them was named Billie, which outranked 82.9% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #378Alpha78
- #378Polly78
- #380Peggy77
- #381Billie76
- #381Elise76
- #381Ivy76
- #381Jeanne76
- #386Ona75
- #387Era74
- #388Annabelle73
Tied with 4 names at #381; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
- ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
- ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 6,270 of them was named Billie, which outranked 68.9% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).