Billie
Billie was given to 409 girls in 2025, #691 among girls’ names; 135,300 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 57,800 Americans named Billie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (43% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 50 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Billie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Billie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Billie is “a male or female given name from the Germanic languages derived from Bill, the diminutive of William.”
From Bill + -ie.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Billie?
#691 among girls’ names, 2025
Billie rose from #2,016 in 2015 to #691 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.05 to 0.25 per 1,000.
4,715 babies in 1930, the peak
Billie peaked in 1930, when 4,715 babies were given it (3,241 girls, #79 among girls’ names). The 422 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 9% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 409 | #691 | 13 | #6,498 |
| 2024 | 406 | #695 | 9 | #8,391 |
| 2023 | 309 | #867 | 8 | #9,022 |
| 2022 | 285 | #950 | 7 | #9,962 |
| 2021 | 280 | #942 | 6 | #10,968 |
| 2020 | 251 | #1,009 | 8 | #8,846 |
| 2019 | 213 | #1,135 | 9 | #8,289 |
| 2018 | 150 | #1,464 | 7 | #9,803 |
| 2017 | 117 | #1,780 | 10 | #7,634 |
| 2016 | 97 | #2,035 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 98 | #2,016 | 10 | #7,550 |
| 2014 | 123 | #1,707 | 12 | #6,680 |
| 2013 | 110 | #1,835 | 12 | #6,643 |
| 2012 | 91 | #2,101 | 12 | #6,668 |
| 2011 | 86 | #2,195 | 10 | #7,571 |
| 2010 | 73 | #2,516 | 14 | #6,066 |
| 2009 | 80 | #2,403 | 17 | #5,349 |
| 2008 | 89 | #2,221 | 11 | #7,244 |
| 2007 | 105 | #1,959 | 16 | #5,459 |
| 2006 | 95 | #2,071 | 25 | #3,899 |
| 2005 | 85 | #2,161 | 23 | #3,947 |
| 2004 | 98 | #1,911 | 27 | #3,457 |
| 2003 | 127 | #1,526 | 16 | #4,837 |
| 2002 | 116 | #1,596 | 19 | #4,199 |
| 2001 | 143 | #1,340 | 22 | #3,722 |
| 2000 | 146 | #1,303 | 22 | #3,645 |
| 1999 | 174 | #1,129 | 15 | #4,554 |
| 1998 | 198 | #1,006 | 25 | #3,097 |
| 1997 | 213 | #929 | 26 | #2,908 |
| 1996 | 202 | #951 | 40 | #2,111 |
| 1995 | 229 | #853 | 38 | #2,138 |
| 1994 | 241 | #833 | 42 | #1,978 |
| 1993 | 217 | #888 | 42 | #1,936 |
| 1992 | 220 | #890 | 41 | #1,951 |
| 1991 | 212 | #908 | 46 | #1,740 |
| 1990 | 235 | #835 | 67 | #1,356 |
| 1989 | 232 | #814 | 52 | #1,545 |
| 1988 | 289 | #668 | 46 | #1,573 |
| 1987 | 285 | #660 | 55 | #1,337 |
| 1986 | 283 | #650 | 51 | #1,385 |
| 1985 | 331 | #588 | 64 | #1,170 |
| 1984 | 387 | #509 | 80 | #992 |
| 1983 | 520 | #416 | 74 | #1,030 |
| 1982 | 514 | #426 | 97 | #907 |
| 1981 | 667 | #352 | 113 | #826 |
| 1980 | 802 | #306 | 119 | #804 |
| 1979 | 819 | #292 | 96 | #890 |
| 1978 | 785 | #294 | 121 | #768 |
| 1977 | 843 | #285 | 103 | #843 |
| 1976 | 1,000 | #238 | 110 | #790 |
| 1975 | 1,011 | #243 | 100 | #831 |
| 1974 | 1,132 | #227 | 136 | #706 |
| 1973 | 1,092 | #235 | 144 | #666 |
| 1972 | 1,077 | #250 | 107 | #770 |
| 1971 | 1,113 | #263 | 134 | #715 |
| 1970 | 1,104 | #271 | 152 | #664 |
| 1969 | 822 | #312 | 122 | #707 |
| 1968 | 815 | #307 | 153 | #614 |
| 1967 | 858 | #293 | 145 | #623 |
| 1966 | 720 | #329 | 170 | #579 |
| 1965 | 723 | #336 | 161 | #599 |
| 1964 | 897 | #307 | 191 | #572 |
| 1963 | 660 | #379 | 190 | #572 |
| 1962 | 654 | #368 | 187 | #572 |
| 1961 | 733 | #353 | 172 | #603 |
| 1960 | 783 | #336 | 187 | #569 |
| 1959 | 832 | #325 | 203 | #549 |
| 1958 | 863 | #306 | 178 | #579 |
| 1957 | 990 | #280 | 219 | #517 |
| 1956 | 1,125 | #250 | 223 | #505 |
| 1955 | 1,092 | #250 | 190 | #531 |
| 1954 | 1,279 | #225 | 246 | #461 |
| 1953 | 1,333 | #219 | 229 | #464 |
| 1952 | 1,389 | #208 | 236 | #459 |
| 1951 | 1,420 | #204 | 208 | #470 |
| 1950 | 1,315 | #204 | 251 | #422 |
| 1949 | 1,356 | #202 | 274 | #404 |
| 1948 | 1,547 | #178 | 289 | #400 |
| 1947 | 1,652 | #175 | 341 | #372 |
| 1946 | 1,635 | #164 | 349 | #348 |
| 1945 | 1,556 | #152 | 293 | #347 |
| 1944 | 1,763 | #142 | 405 | #297 |
| 1943 | 1,994 | #138 | 428 | #297 |
| 1942 | 1,829 | #143 | 439 | #289 |
| 1941 | 1,554 | #149 | 444 | #270 |
| 1940 | 1,485 | #149 | 480 | #251 |
| 1939 | 1,537 | #149 | 551 | #219 |
| 1938 | 1,746 | #139 | 688 | #191 |
| 1937 | 1,937 | #126 | 712 | #185 |
| 1936 | 1,990 | #117 | 824 | #167 |
| 1935 | 2,248 | #106 | 844 | #168 |
| 1934 | 2,559 | #92 | 1,037 | #147 |
| 1933 | 2,483 | #92 | 1,039 | #146 |
| 1932 | 2,635 | #93 | 1,191 | #141 |
| 1931 | 2,921 | #81 | 1,343 | #128 |
| 1930 | 3,241 | #79 | 1,474 | #123 |
| 1929 | 3,191 | #79 | 1,430 | #122 |
| 1928 | 2,777 | #96 | 1,317 | #133 |
| 1927 | 2,550 | #109 | 1,320 | #135 |
| 1926 | 2,170 | #122 | 1,155 | #145 |
| 1925 | 1,828 | #141 | 989 | #156 |
| 1924 | 1,599 | #158 | 882 | #167 |
| 1923 | 1,245 | #177 | 770 | #184 |
| 1922 | 1,105 | #190 | 615 | #214 |
| 1921 | 1,104 | #190 | 547 | #239 |
| 1920 | 902 | #212 | 523 | #240 |
| 1919 | 790 | #222 | 356 | #281 |
| 1918 | 709 | #239 | 306 | #325 |
| 1917 | 618 | #249 | 246 | #354 |
| 1916 | 565 | #257 | 217 | #372 |
| 1915 | 468 | #271 | 170 | #416 |
| 1914 | 326 | #292 | 125 | #429 |
| 1913 | 289 | #274 | 83 | #475 |
| 1912 | 258 | #283 | 76 | #450 |
| 1911 | 169 | #305 | 37 | #481 |
| 1910 | 165 | #302 | 40 | #430 |
| 1909 | 144 | #297 | 29 | #473 |
| 1908 | 139 | #301 | 28 | #467 |
| 1907 | 118 | #319 | 18 | #593 |
| 1906 | 127 | #292 | 21 | #489 |
| 1905 | 112 | #319 | 27 | #413 |
| 1904 | 67 | #397 | 19 | #496 |
| 1903 | 83 | #346 | 20 | #472 |
| 1902 | 70 | #378 | 14 | #589 |
| 1901 | 52 | #416 | 14 | #537 |
| 1900 | 76 | #381 | 24 | #469 |
| 1899 | 27 | #595 | 13 | #552 |
| 1898 | 43 | #472 | 11 | #668 |
| 1897 | 28 | #571 | 16 | #498 |
| 1896 | 41 | #454 | 14 | #555 |
| 1895 | 23 | #641 | 13 | #582 |
| 1894 | 18 | #699 | 13 | #569 |
| 1893 | 18 | #689 | 12 | #574 |
| 1892 | 15 | #764 | 9 | #758 |
| 1891 | 11 | #846 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 9 | #949 | 8 | #749 |
| 1889 | 13 | #726 | 14 | #503 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,149 | 14 | #532 |
| 1887 | 7 | #956 | 12 | #519 |
| 1886 | 8 | #842 | 12 | #546 |
| 1885 | under 5 | 15 | #483 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 18 | #436 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 20 | #399 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 8 | #659 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 10 | #606 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Billie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 135,300 Americans recorded as Billie, 77% are girls and 23% boys. In 2025 it went to 409 girls and 13 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Billie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Billie, and how old are they?
57,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 43% of the 135,300 Americans ever recorded as Billie. The median Billie alive today is 65 years old; half are between 50 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 55,679 people named Billie (47,556 women and girls, 8,123 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 68,983 born in the U.S. The Census count is 19% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 12,100 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 19,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 15,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 5,810 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,190 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,940 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Billie born?
The states with the most babies named Billie are Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Oklahoma and Tennessee are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 23,283 | #765 | 2.9× |
| Oklahoma | 8,426 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| Tennessee | 7,428 | #612 | 2.2× |
| Kentucky | 6,435 | #451 | 2.0× |
| Arkansas | 5,897 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| North Carolina | 5,792 | #694 | 1.3× |
| California | 5,261 | #594 | 0.6× |
| Alabama | 5,254 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Missouri | 5,045 | #601 | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 4,410 | #895 | 0.7× |
Where Billie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Billie is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 3.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Billie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 141,188 babies since 1880, Billie is the most given (96% of them). In 2025 it was given to 422 of their 422 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Billie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Billie and names like it
- Compare Billie and BillyeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sBillie peaked in 1930.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Billie since 1910.
- The top names of 1930The year the most babies were named Billie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Billie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with BMost given first.