Billie
#691 for girls in 2025, 409 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to girls 76.6% of the time
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | |
First appearance
1886
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.
See more about Billie
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 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)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1930 at #79 (3,241 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 7 yrs · run 1928–1934
- Top 1,000: 116 yrs · run 1889–1997
Share of babies · girls
1 in 347
- Highest: 1 in 347 girls born in 1930 were named Billie (0.29%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,930 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
- 22.5% of all girls named Billie (23,297) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1890
- 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 1890
girls
#940
9 births · 1 in 21,153 girls
boys
#739
8 births · 1 in 13,878 boys
Top girls' names in 1890
Top boys' names in 1890
More about 1890
girls
190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 21,153 of them was named Billie, which outranked 38.7% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 13,878 of them was named Billie, which outranked 36.3% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).