Billey vs Bill

Side-by-side comparison of Billey and Bill - popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

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Billey

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Name B

Bill

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Metric Billey Bill
Current Rank Unranked #4572
Total Births (all years) 523 160,474
Peak Year 1931 1947
Peak Year Births 24 4,681
Peak Decade 1930s 1940s
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1920 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Billey Bill
1880s - 600
1890s - 789
1900s - 1,513
1910s - 6,599
1920s 113 22,288
1930s 175 32,338
1940s 113 37,756
1950s 53 23,877
1960s 55 25,132
1970s 9 5,206
1980s 5 1,815
1990s - 1,153
2000s - 845
2010s - 423
2020s - 140

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Billey Bill
2014 - 47
2015 - 33
2016 - 39
2017 - 42
2018 - 48
2019 - 28
2020 - 29
2021 - 23
2022 - 26
2023 - 22
2024 - 22
2025 - 18

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1920–1980.

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