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 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#217 · 1 in 1,048
- Kentucky#299 · 1 in 1,796
- Tennessee#373 · 1 in 2,262
- Nevada#381 · 1 in 1,709
- Ohio#553 · 1 in 4,122
Best ever in a state: #5 in Texas, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #217 | 7 | 1 in 1,048 |
| Kentucky | #299 | 11 | 1 in 1,796 |
| Tennessee | #373 | 13 | 1 in 2,262 |
| Nevada | #381 | 5 | 1 in 1,709 |
| Ohio | #553 | 15 | 1 in 4,122 |
| Wisconsin | #576 | 6 | 1 in 4,172 |
| Oklahoma | #592 | 5 | 1 in 3,364 |
| Alabama | #606 | 5 | 1 in 4,147 |
| Missouri | #661 | 6 | 1 in 4,920 |
| Arizona | #668 | 7 | 1 in 4,011 |
| Georgia | #725 | 8 | 1 in 5,346 |
| Indiana | #819 | 5 | 1 in 6,559 |
| Pennsylvania | #923 | 7 | 1 in 8,323 |
| New York | #1,019 | 12 | 1 in 8,417 |
| Michigan | #1,120 | 5 | 1 in 10,392 |
| Florida | #1,183 | 7 | 1 in 10,479 |
| Illinois | #1,266 | 6 | 1 in 11,653 |
| California | #1,323 | 18 | 1 in 12,381 |
| Texas | #1,460 | 10 | 1 in 13,989 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 8,172 of them was named Billie, which outranked 94.2% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #927Armani214
- #927Judy214
- #927Kristian214
- #930Billie213
- #930Connie213
- #930Debra213
- #930Emerald213
- #940Chana212
- #940Iliana212
- #940Maureen212
Tied with 9 names at #930; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 72,505 of them was named Billie, which outranked 73.2% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,823Uri27
- #2,823Vijay27
- #2,823Walid27
- #2,903Billie26
- #2,903Aaren26
- #2,903Adham26
- #2,903Aedan26
- #2,981Alaric25
- #2,981Aleck25
- #2,981Andrue25
Tied with 77 names at #2,903; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.