Girls' name · since 1962

Billiejean

Since 1962, U.S. Social Security records show 202 babies named Billiejean, peaking in 1984. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#19,689 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,465 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
202
born since 1962
1980s
peak decade

Billiejean currently ranks #13465 among girls' names in America, with 202 babies recorded since 1962.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Billiejean has been recorded 202 times among girls since 1962, currently ranked #13465 nationally and more common than 22% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.

  • #19,689 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #13,465 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 202 born since 1962
  • 1980s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Billiejean ranks #19,689 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,465 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 202 born since 1962, peaking in the 1980s.

#19,689 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,465 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
202
born since 1962
1980s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%22.1%
Billiejean vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Billiejean's 202 recorded births place it above 72.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Billiejean compares

202 37th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Billiejean's all-time total is 46% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Billiejean Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 202 376 567,345
Peak-year births 16 21 19,840

Billiejean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Billiejean's SSA record in two at 1989 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 1962, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Billiejean popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1984)
16
Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
05101520 19621976198319881992199620172025 6

Billiejean by decade

1980s is the heaviest window (66 births, 33% of the file).

1980s was Billiejean's strongest decade.

66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.

Billiejean births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 66 births (33% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Billiejean by state

Where Billiejean concentrates geographically, total births since 1962

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Billiejean
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 2.5%
New York share of Billiejean's total US births 2.5%

5 of 202 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Billiejean?
Since 1962, Social Security records show 202 babies named Billiejean. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #19,689 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #13,465 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 1984, with 16 births.
Where does Billiejean sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Billiejean ranks #19,689 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,465 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Billiejean most popular?
Billiejean was most popular in the 1980s decade with 66 total births. The single peak year was 1984.
Where is Billiejean most popular?
The top states for the name Billiejean are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Billiejean been used?
Billiejean has been recorded in Social Security data since 1962, spanning 64 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Billiejean?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Billie, Billy, Billye, Billi, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Billiejean's data

  • Billiejean's decade-level peak was the 1980s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • New York records the most Billiejeans (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Billiejean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1962–2025 (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 Billiejean 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.