Mostly girls · peaked in 1930
Billie name popularity since 1925
118,294 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Billie (77.9% girls, 22.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1943 or earlier, so the typical Billie is about 83 years old in 2026. Billie peaked in 1930 as the #79 name for girls, and it ranked #691 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 118,294
- Named Billie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1930
- #79 for girls that year
- In 2025
- #691
- for girls in 2025 (409 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 77.9% girls
- 92,096 girls · 26,198 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 4.73× its national share
Peak year is the year Billie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Billie births per year, 1925–2025
1930 was the biggest year for Billie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1980 and 1985, Billie's share of baby girls fell by 60%, from 1 in 2,070 to 1 in 5,200.
- Fastest rise: Between 2017 and 2022, it became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 14,800 baby girls to 1 in 5,750.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Billie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Billie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Billie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 12,516 | 6,211 | – |
| 1930s | 23,297 | 9,703 | #106 |
| 1940s | 16,371 | 3,742 | #152 |
| 1950s | 11,638 | 2,183 | #250 |
| 1960s | 7,665 | 1,678 | #336 |
| 1970s | 9,976 | 1,203 | #243 |
| 1980s | 4,310 | 751 | #588 |
| 1990s | 2,141 | 382 | #854 |
| 2000s | 1,084 | 198 | #2,162 |
| 2010s | 1,158 | 96 | #2,016 |
| 2020–25 | 1,940 | 51 | #691 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.0% of babies named Billie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Billie is most popular
The index compares Billie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Billie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 4.73× | 6,935 |
| Arkansas | 4.46× | 5,157 |
| Kentucky | 3.13× | 5,892 |
| Mississippi | 2.88× | 3,926 |
| Tennessee | 2.79× | 6,613 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Billie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Billie (this page) | 92,096 | 1930 |
| Billye | 2,792 | 1929 |
| Billi | 1,736 | 1976 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Billie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Billie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Billie (1930).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data