Girls' name · since 1915
Billee
Billee has 614 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1956 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,397 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 614
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Billee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 614 have been recorded since 1915.
Billee has 614 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2024.
- #10,397 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 614 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Billee ranks #10,397 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 614 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #10,397 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 614
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Billee's 614 recorded births place it above 85.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Billee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Billee's SSA record in two at 1947 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1933, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1956 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Billee popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2024
- Peak year (1956)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Billee popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1920 (Billee as boys' name)
Billee by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (153 births, 25% of the file).
1920s was Billee's strongest decade.
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Billee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 50
1910s
50 births
- 1920s
1920s
153 births
- 1930s
1930s
114 births
- 1940s
1940s
71 births
- 1950s
1950s
85 births
- 1960s
1960s
72 births
- 1970s 32
1970s
32 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 153 births (25% of all-time use).
How Billee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Billee's total volume
Billee by state
Where Billee concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 2.0% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.8% |
12 of 614 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Billee's decade-level peak was the 1920s (153 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Billees (12 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Billee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1915–2024 (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 Billee 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.