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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 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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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 15,078 of them was named Billye, which outranked 83.3% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #806Ivy70
- #806Joseph70
- #806Lavada70
- #810Billye69
- #810Dee69
- #810Louann69
- #810Marta69
- #815Annmarie68
- #815Carma68
- #815Mickey68
Tied with 4 names at #810; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 207,441 of them was named Billye, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 488 names at #3,549; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.