Billye
Last seen for girls in 2003 at #12,408 · Last seen for boys in 1962 at #4,033
Given to girls 96.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1930 · 151 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,360since 1907
Billye over time
Rank among girls' names. Billye has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
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| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
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| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,549 | 40 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,439 | 45 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 41 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,411 | 42 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,452 | 40 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,185 | 58 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,141 | 62 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,071 | 63 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,060 | 54 | — | |
| 1944 | #874 | 76 | — | |
| 1943 | #975 | 66 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #902 | 75 | — | |
| 1941 | #918 | 64 | — | |
| 1940 | #997 | 51 | — | |
| 1939 | #903 | 60 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #914 | 60 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #841 | 67 | — | |
| 1936 | #810 | 69 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #729 | 85 | — | |
| 1934 | #724 | 85 | — | |
| 1933 | #650 | 102 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #758 | 79 | — | |
| 1931 | #609 | 118 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #556 | 151 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #559 | 150 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #608 | 134 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #581 | 148 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #618 | 133 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #609 | 143 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #718 | 107 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #774 | 89 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #831 | 78 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #1,010 | 55 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,038 | 51 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,270 | 36 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,566 | 26 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,337 | 30 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Billye! It came in at #1,639, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1909, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Billye is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#185 · 1 in 888
- Texas#190 · 1 in 865
- Arkansas#317 · 1 in 2,026
- Tennessee#346 · 1 in 3,105
- Mississippi#401 · 1 in 3,379
Best ever in a state: #143 in Oklahoma, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #185 | 28 | 1 in 888 |
| Texas | #190 | 70 | 1 in 865 |
| Arkansas | #317 | 10 | 1 in 2,026 |
| Tennessee | #346 | 9 | 1 in 3,105 |
| Mississippi | #401 | 7 | 1 in 3,379 |
| Kentucky | #504 | 5 | 1 in 5,871 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Billye
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Biggest jump: 179 spots in 1922 (#1,010 → #831)
- Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1945 (#874 → #1,060)
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1930 at #556 (151 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1922–1944
- Highest: 1 in 7,444 girls born in 1929 were named Billye (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 261,021 girls born in 2003 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #556 in 1930, was only 1 in 7,456 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 32.4% of all girls named Billye (1,088) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 16 | #1,439 (1908) | #1,539 |
| 1910s | 172 | #1,270 (1919) | #1,850 |
| 1920s | 1,088 | #559 (1929) | #735 |
| 1930s | 876 | #556 (1930) | #749 |
| 1940s | 609 | #874 (1944) | #1,058 |
| 1950s | 316 | #1,411 (1950) | #1,972 |
| 1960s | 118 | #2,512 (1960) | #3,864 |
| 1970s | 97 | #3,863 (1974) | #5,553 |
| 1980s | 54 | #6,319 (1980) | #9,077 |
| 1990s | 7 | #11,138 (1998) | #11,138 |
| 2000s | 7 | #12,408 (2003) | #12,408 |
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.
Billye in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 8,057 of them was named Billye, which outranked 89.6% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 112,692 of them was named Billye, which outranked 43.7% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,523Weslie11
- #2,523Wilmar11
- #2,523Yoshiaki11
- #2,703Billye10
- #2,703Achilles10
- #2,703Aden10
- #2,703Agustus10
- #2,912Alban9
- #2,912Albertus9
- #2,912Albion9
Tied with 208 names at #2,703; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.