Billie — #694 US unisex name
103,252 babies named Billie in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Billie was born in this single decade.
3,241 babies were named Billie in 1930 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Billie
The Social Security Administration has registered 103,252 babies named Billie between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Billie currently holds the #694 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 3,241 babies received it in a single year. Billie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 31,624 additional births since 1880.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Billie performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 23,297 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Billie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 18,175 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Billie in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Billie 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 103,252 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.
Billie at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Billie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1886
- Peak year (1930)
- 3,241
- Annual births at peak — across 139 years of records
Currently ranks #694 among girls.
103,252 total births across 139 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1930 with 3,241 births in a single year.
Billie popularity over time — boys
31,624 total births recorded since 1880 (Billie as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Billie accounts for 23% of total recorded use across both genders.
Billie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 23,297 births that decade — 23% of Billie's all-time total
Billie decade highlights
- Peak decade 23,297 births
- Runner-up 18,471 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Billie's strongest decade
23,297 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Billie by state
Where Billie concentrates geographically — total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 18,175 | 17.6% |
| #2 | Oklahoma | | 6,719 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 5,317 | 5.1% |
| #4 | California | | 4,532 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 4,522 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 4,320 | 4.2% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 4,190 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 3,713 | 3.6% |
18,175 of 103,252 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 17.6% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 6.5% of nationwide
- Tennessee 5.1% of nationwide
- California 4.4% of nationwide
- Kentucky 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 17.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Billie appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1886–2024 (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.