Billy

Where Billy comes from

Diminutive and pet-form; from Bill + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Billy
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1906
    Billy Wilder born
    Austrian and American filmmaker
  3. 1931
    Peak, #19
    9,264 babies named Billy — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1942
    Billy Connolly born
    Scottish actor and comedian
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #80.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name William.
Namesakes
  • Billy Wilder · Austrian and American filmmaker, 1906–2002
  • Billy Connolly · Scottish actor and comedian, born 1942
  • Billy Crystal · American actor, comedian, writer, producer, director and television presenter, born 1948
  • Billy Zane · American actor, born 1966
  • Billy Boyd · Scottish actor and musician, born 1968

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.