Billee — #12194 US girls' name
614 babies named Billee in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Billee was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Billee in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Billee
The Social Security Administration has registered 614 babies named Billee between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Billee currently holds the #12194 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Billee performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Billee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Billee in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Billee in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 614 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Billee at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Billee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (1956)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #12194 among girls.
614 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 22 births in a single year.
Billee popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1920 (Billee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Billee accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Billee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 153 births that decade — 25% of Billee's all-time total
Billee decade highlights
- Peak decade 153 births
- Runner-up 114 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Billee's strongest decade
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
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.
Top 5 states
- California 2.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.