Billie

#691 for girls in 2025, 409 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to girls 76.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1930 · 3,241 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
7 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
103,663
since 1886

Billie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #79, 1930peak #122, 1929girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#691409#6,44613
2024#695406#8,3129
2023#866309#8,9218
2022#950285#9,8237
2021#942280#10,7996
2020#1,009251#8,7398
2019#1,133213#8,2159
2018#1,461150#9,6707
2017#1,779117#7,54610
2016#2,03397
2015#2,01298#7,49110
2014#1,706123#6,63212
2013#1,834110#6,60312
2012#2,09591#6,62612
2011#2,19086#7,50210
2010#2,51473#6,03614
2009#2,39680#5,33417
2008#2,21889#7,18711
2007#1,957105#5,43416
2006#2,06995#3,88825
2005#2,16085#3,94123
2004#1,90998#3,45627
2003#1,526127#4,81516
2002#1,594116#4,18819
2001#1,340143#3,72122
2000#1,305146#3,64022
1999#1,130174#4,53715
1998#1,007198#3,09225
1997#930213#2,90326
1996#950202#2,11540
1995#853229#2,14038
1994#833241#1,97742
1993#889217#1,93342
1992#892220#1,95541
1991#910212#1,74446
1990#836235#1,36167
1989#816232#1,55052
1988#667289#1,57646
1987#660285#1,33755
1986#650283#1,38551
1985#588331#1,17064
1984#509387#99380
1983#416520#1,02874
1982#426514#90797
1981#352667#826113
1980#306802#804119
1979#292819#89096
1978#294785#768121
1977#285843#843103
1976#2381,000#790110
1975#2431,011#831100
1974#2271,132#704136
1973#2351,092#665144
1972#2501,077#770107
1971#2631,113#715134
1970#2711,104#664152
1969#312822#707122
1968#307815#614153
1967#293858#623145
1966#329720#579170
1965#336723#599161
1964#307897#572191
1963#379660#572190
1962#368654#572187
1961#353733#603172
1960#336783#570187
1959#325832#548203
1958#306863#580178
1957#280990#518219
1956#2501,125#506223
1955#2501,092#532190
1954#2251,279#462246
1953#2191,333#465229
1952#2081,389#460236
1951#2041,420#471208
1950#2041,315#423251
1949#2021,356#405274
1948#1781,547#399289
1947#1751,652#372341
1946#1641,635#348349
1945#1521,556#347293
1944#1421,763#297405
1943#1381,994#297428
1942#1431,829#289439
1941#1491,554#269444
1940#1491,485#251480
1939#1491,537#219551
1938#1391,746#191688
1937#1261,937#185712
1936#1171,990#167824
1935#1062,248#168844
1934#922,559#1471,037
1933#922,483#1461,039
1932#932,635#1411,191
1931#812,921#1281,343
1930#793,241#1231,474
1929#793,191#1221,430
1928#962,777#1331,317
1927#1092,550#1351,320
1926#1222,170#1451,155
1925#1411,828#156989
1924#1581,599#167882
1923#1771,245#184770
1922#1901,105#214615
1921#1901,104#239547
1920#212902#240523
1919#222790#281356
1918#239709#325306
1917#249618#354246
1916#257565#372217
1915#271468#416170
1914#292326#429125
1913#274289#47583
1912#283258#45076
1911#305169#48137
1910#302165#43040
1909#297144#47329
1908#301139#46328
1907#319118#59118
1906#292127#48921
1905#319112#41027
1904#39767#49219
1903#34683#47020
1902#37870#58314
1901#41452#53614
1900#38176#46924
1899#59327#54813
1898#47243#66311
1897#56728#49516
1896#45341#55114
1895#63823#57913
1894#69718#56713
1893#68718#57212
1892#76215#7489
1891#83911
1890#9409#7398
1889#72413#49814
1888#1,1366#52814
1887#9377#51612
1886#8288#54012
1885#48015
1884#43318
1883
1882#39920
1881#6538
1880#60010
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.

Where Billie is popular in 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedNHWashington: #116 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 525 girlsWAIdaho: #46 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 192 girlsIDMontana: #87 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 311 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #149 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 938 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #190 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,402 girlsMINew York: #355 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,565 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedRIOregon: #88 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 349 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedNVWyoming: #40 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 137 girlsWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedSDIowa: #213 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,561 girlsIAIndiana: #117 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 584 girlsINOhio: #169 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,158 girlsOHPennsylvania: #323 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,558 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #125 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 548 girlsCAUtah: #73 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 281 girlsUTColorado: #96 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 378 girlsCONebraska: #171 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 992 girlsNEMissouri: #56 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 254 girlsMOKentucky: #36 for girls · 165 births · 1 in 165 girlsKYWest Virginia: #74 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 317 girlsWVVirginia: #139 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 586 girlsVAMaryland: #225 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,088 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedDEArizona: #109 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 398 girlsAZNew Mexico: #47 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 190 girlsNMKansas: #87 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 372 girlsKSArkansas: #10 for girls · 220 births · 1 in 86 girlsARTennessee: #30 for girls · 179 births · 1 in 150 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #64 for girls · 136 births · 1 in 261 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #123 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 536 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #7 for girls · 369 births · 1 in 64 girlsOKLouisiana: #53 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 214 girlsLAMississippi: #49 for girls · 105 births · 1 in 210 girlsMSAlabama: #38 for girls · 166 births · 1 in 180 girlsALGeorgia: #104 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 415 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Billie, so not publishedHITexas: #5 for girls · 938 births · 1 in 63 girlsTXFlorida: #119 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 465 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#5 · 1 in 63
  2. Oklahoma#7 · 1 in 64
  3. Arkansas#10 · 1 in 86
  4. Tennessee#30 · 1 in 150
  5. Kentucky#36 · 1 in 165

Best ever in a state: #5 in Texas, 1929.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#59381 in 63
Oklahoma#73691 in 64
Arkansas#102201 in 86
Tennessee#301791 in 150
Kentucky#361651 in 165
Alabama#381661 in 180
Wyoming#40111 in 137
Idaho#46181 in 192
New Mexico#47241 in 190
Mississippi#491051 in 210
Louisiana#53991 in 214
Missouri#561101 in 254
North Carolina#641361 in 261
Utah#73171 in 281
West Virginia#74581 in 317
Kansas#87381 in 372
Montana#87121 in 311
Oregon#88151 in 349
Colorado#96221 in 378
Georgia#104731 in 415
Arizona#109111 in 398
Washington#116181 in 525
Indiana#117431 in 584
Florida#119261 in 465
South Carolina#123371 in 536
California#125681 in 548
Virginia#139411 in 586
Illinois#149611 in 938
Ohio#169451 in 1,158
Nebraska#171111 in 992
Michigan#190301 in 1,402
Iowa#213121 in 1,561
Maryland#22561 in 2,088
Pennsylvania#323181 in 4,558
New York#355211 in 4,565
Alaska
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
Wisconsin

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
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s34#724 (1889)#906
1890s233#453 (1896)#665
1900s988#292 (1906)#344
1910s4,357#222 (1919)#269
1920s18,471#79 (1929)#147
1930s23,297#79 (1930)#107
1940s16,371#138 (1943)#159
1950s11,638#204 (1951)#247
1960s7,665#293 (1967)#332
1970s9,976#227 (1974)#260
1980s4,310#306 (1980)#539
1990s2,141#833 (1994)#923
2000s1,084#1,305 (2000)#1,847
2010s1,158#1,133 (2019)#1,876
2020s1,940#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 1930

girls
#79
3,241 births · 1 in 347 girls
boys
#123
1,474 births · 1 in 744 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #79Billie3,241

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #123Billie1,474
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 347 of them was named Billie, which outranked 98.5% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Billie
  1. #76Beatrice3,390
  2. #77Esther3,350
  3. #78Bonnie3,265
  4. #79Billie3,241
  5. #80Marian3,213
  6. #81Joanne3,154
  7. #82Rosemary3,151
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 744 of them was named Billie, which outranked 97.3% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Billie
  1. #120Duane1,520
  2. #120Manuel1,520
  3. #122Claude1,481
  4. #123Billie1,474
  5. #124Oscar1,467
  6. #125Jim1,464
  7. #126Marion1,389
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1930