Meaning not yet researched.
Billy: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 203 in 2025. Its best rank was #19 in 1935.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #19 in 1935; #1,068 in 2025. About 94% of babies named Billy in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,068 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1935, at #19.
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Billy: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 203 boys in 2025. Peak: #19 in 1935 · most boys in one year: 9,562 (1934).
In 2025, 203 US boys were named Billy, making it the 1,068th most common boys’ name of the year, down 17 places from #1,051 in 2024. That is 7 fewer than the 210 boys named Billy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #19, reached in 1935. The most boys given the name in a single year was 9,562, in 1934. For comparison, it was #810 in 2015 and #57 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Billy in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 389,665 US babies have been given the name, 1.4% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 89,443 babies named Billy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,285 US boys were named Billy; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 268. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,414 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Billy ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #372 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Billie (135,300 babies since 1880), Billye (3,472 babies since 1880) and Billi (1,746 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Billee, Billey and Beily are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Fred, Robert and William.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Billee (619), Billey (523), Beily (63), Bily (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 35 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 8 | #372 | #376 |
| Kansas | 6 | #531 | — |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #559 | #375 |
| Minnesota | 8 | #593 | #802 |
| Georgia | 14 | #677 | #1,107 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #719 | — |
| North Carolina | 10 | #829 | #663 |
| Missouri | 5 | #877 | #831 |
| Texas | 29 | #880 | #653 |
| Michigan | 7 | #914 | — |
| Florida | 15 | #915 | #631 |
| Indiana | 5 | #960 | — |
| Washington | 5 | #1,016 | — |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,054 | #387 |
| California | 15 | #1,253 | #1,125 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,292 | #846 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,554 | 203 | #1,068 |
| 2024 | 13 | #8,041 | 210 | #1,051 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,453 | 195 | #1,096 |
| 2022 | 16 | #7,035 | 221 | #1,007 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,318 | 208 | #1,037 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,739 | 212 | #999 |
| 2019 | — | — | 245 | #891 |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,075 | 262 | #846 |
| 2017 | — | — | 268 | #830 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,632 | 261 | #863 |
| 2015 | — | — | 282 | #810 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,877 | 288 | #797 |
| 2013 | — | — | 349 | #685 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,270 | 356 | #664 |
| 2011 | 6 | #15,135 | 397 | #611 |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,444 | 391 | #624 |
| 2009 | — | — | 443 | #591 |
| 2008 | — | — | 460 | #565 |
| 2007 | — | — | 546 | #486 |
| 2006 | — | — | 566 | #471 |
| 2005 | — | — | 560 | #456 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,969 | 566 | #457 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,144 | 601 | #426 |
| 2002 | — | — | 582 | #426 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,263 | 676 | #384 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,878 | 670 | #385 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,598 | 748 | #350 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,286 | 813 | #332 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,828 | 814 | #324 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,770 | 948 | #286 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,154 | 1,063 | #264 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,726 | 1,125 | #256 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,987 | 1,353 | #222 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,754 | 1,282 | #230 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,427 | 1,357 | #220 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,318 | 1,439 | #214 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,904 | 1,505 | #193 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,334 | 1,509 | #185 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,434 | 1,622 | #168 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,142 | 1,686 | #159 |
| 1985 | 34 | #2,754 | 1,831 | #150 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,152 | 1,946 | #140 |
| 1983 | 39 | #2,400 | 2,151 | #124 |
| 1982 | 50 | #2,055 | 2,526 | #116 |
| 1981 | 51 | #2,031 | 2,883 | #103 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,835 | 2,991 | #100 |
| 1979 | 67 | #1,662 | 2,998 | #97 |
| 1978 | 69 | #1,569 | 2,695 | #99 |
| 1977 | 68 | #1,577 | 2,950 | #91 |
| 1976 | 78 | #1,373 | 3,158 | #85 |
| 1975 | 75 | #1,407 | 3,113 | #84 |
| 1974 | 72 | #1,415 | 3,365 | #78 |
| 1973 | 75 | #1,339 | 3,437 | #76 |
| 1972 | 74 | #1,353 | 3,473 | #81 |
| 1971 | 59 | #1,597 | 3,907 | #75 |
| 1970 | 73 | #1,421 | 4,121 | #78 |
| 1969 | 68 | #1,403 | 3,773 | #77 |
| 1968 | 50 | #1,627 | 3,814 | #76 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,784 | 3,984 | #76 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,739 | 4,182 | #80 |
| 1965 | 54 | #1,519 | 4,649 | #77 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,497 | 5,192 | #71 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,566 | 5,241 | #74 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,827 | 5,588 | #71 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,698 | 6,026 | #68 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,811 | 6,023 | #67 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,597 | 6,308 | #65 |
| 1958 | 51 | #1,500 | 6,160 | #64 |
| 1957 | 45 | #1,615 | 6,146 | #64 |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,437 | 6,013 | #68 |
| 1955 | 50 | #1,424 | 5,769 | #69 |
| 1954 | 56 | #1,333 | 6,033 | #65 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,586 | 5,856 | #65 |
| 1952 | 52 | #1,335 | 5,708 | #65 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,364 | 5,610 | #64 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,378 | 5,674 | #57 |
| 1949 | 53 | #1,251 | 5,821 | #57 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,423 | 6,220 | #53 |
| 1947 | 67 | #1,086 | 6,933 | #51 |
| 1946 | 55 | #1,150 | 6,716 | #45 |
| 1945 | 63 | #976 | 6,022 | #42 |
| 1944 | 67 | #945 | 6,545 | #38 |
| 1943 | 66 | #977 | 7,012 | #37 |
| 1942 | 68 | #950 | 7,313 | #35 |
| 1941 | 67 | #896 | 7,655 | #27 |
| 1940 | 60 | #928 | 7,596 | #27 |
| 1939 | 68 | #849 | 7,474 | #24 |
| 1938 | 80 | #788 | 8,253 | #24 |
| 1937 | 85 | #735 | 8,301 | #22 |
| 1936 | 83 | #729 | 8,587 | #22 |
| 1935 | 103 | #641 | 9,241 | #19 |
| 1934 | 97 | #677 | 9,562 | #20 |
| 1933 | 123 | #578 | 8,938 | #20 |
| 1932 | 143 | #545 | 9,436 | #20 |
| 1931 | 154 | #532 | 9,264 | #19 |
| 1930 | 166 | #526 | 9,285 | #20 |
| 1929 | 155 | #548 | 8,320 | #23 |
| 1928 | 159 | #556 | 7,310 | #27 |
| 1927 | 157 | #568 | 6,463 | #31 |
| 1926 | 147 | #584 | 5,180 | #40 |
| 1925 | 126 | #656 | 4,207 | #49 |
| 1924 | 98 | #747 | 3,271 | #63 |
| 1923 | 82 | #800 | 2,488 | #78 |
| 1922 | 70 | #872 | 2,029 | #90 |
| 1921 | 67 | #910 | 1,622 | #109 |
| 1920 | 55 | #990 | 1,206 | #132 |
| 1919 | 51 | #1,010 | 858 | #154 |
| 1918 | 39 | #1,204 | 645 | #198 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,436 | 469 | #231 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,449 | 361 | #264 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,342 | 276 | #307 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,450 | 142 | #401 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,179 | 111 | #409 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,358 | 69 | #471 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,554 | 42 | #453 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,791 | 43 | #407 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,377 | 18 | #637 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,143 | 20 | #566 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,659 | 20 | #543 |
| 1906 | — | — | 14 | #646 |
| 1905 | — | — | 20 | #508 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,682 | 21 | #468 |
| 1903 | — | — | 20 | #473 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,336 | 22 | #440 |
| 1901 | — | — | 18 | #455 |
| 1900 | — | — | 36 | #365 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,633 | 19 | #427 |
| 1898 | — | — | 14 | #578 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #952 |
| 1896 | — | — | 9 | #783 |
| 1895 | — | — | 11 | #641 |
| 1894 | — | — | 10 | #679 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #710 |
| 1892 | — | — | 10 | #692 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #854 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,019 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #985 |
| 1888 | — | — | 10 | #656 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #831 |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #771 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #706 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #778 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #765 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #795 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #753 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).