Boys' name · since 1990
Billal
142 babies named Billal in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,107 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 142
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Billal is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 142 have been recorded since 1990.
Social Security Administration records show Billal recorded 142 times among boys since 1990, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2016.
- #15,107 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 142 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Billal ranks #15,107 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 142 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,107 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 142
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Billal's 142 recorded births place it above 66.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Billal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Billal's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Billal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2016
- Peak year (1993)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Billal by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (80 births, 56% of the file).
1990s was Billal's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Billal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
80 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 80 births (56% of all-time use).
Billal by state
Where Billal concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 10.6% |
15 of 142 births nationwide.
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What to do with Billal's data
- Billal's decade-level peak was the 1990s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Billals (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Billal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Billal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.