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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| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
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| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
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| 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 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#327 · 1 in 2,706
- Texas#781 · 1 in 10,634
Best ever in a state: #143 in Oklahoma, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oklahoma | #327 | 8 | 1 in 2,706 |
| Texas | #781 | 9 | 1 in 10,634 |
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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 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 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
More about 1950
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1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 40,787 of them was named Billye, which outranked 76.9% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,396Una43
- #1,396Valli43
- #1,396Velva43
- #1,411Billye42
- #1,411Alpha42
- #1,411Catalina42
- #1,411Cecily42
- #1,433Cherilyn41
- #1,433Dyann41
- #1,433Elois41
Tied with 21 names at #1,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.