Billy — #1046 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Billy

The Social Security Administration has registered 384,025 babies named Billy between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Billy currently holds the #1046 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 9,562 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Billy performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 88,340 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Billy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 61,179 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Billy in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Billy 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 384,025 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.