EveryBabyNames

Billy

4 countries#1068 in United States, 2025
US
#1068
in United States, 2025
FR
#773
in France, 2022
SCOT
#208
in Scotland, 2025
NI
#212
in Northern Ireland, 2025
Total births recorded
393,633
Peak year (United States)
1934
Peak-year count
9,659
First recorded
1880

Popularity across 4 countries

Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Billy was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
United StatesFranceScotlandNorthern Ireland

Country by country

United States

389,665 births recorded 1880–2025 · currently #1068 · peaked in 1934 with 9,659 births

Most common in: Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Alabama

Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data

France

2,654 births recorded 1939–2022 · currently #773 · peaked in 1991 with 124 births

Most common in: La Réunion, Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis, Nord, Val-de-Marne

Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data

Scotland

1,097 births recorded 1974–2025 · currently #208 · peaked in 2006 with 48 births

Source: National Records of Scotland, official birth-registration data

Northern Ireland

217 births recorded 1998–2025 · currently #212 · peaked in 2015 with 14 births

Source: NISRA, official birth-registration data

United States rank history

Billy’s rank among boys’ names, most recent 20 years on record.

YearRankvs. prior yr
2006#471
2007#486↓15
2008#565↓79
2009#591↓26
2010#624↓33
2011#611↑13
2012#664↓53
2013#685↓21
2014#795↓110
2015#810↓15
2016#863↓53
2017#829↑34
2018#846↓17
2019#890↓44
2020#999↓109
2021#1037↓38
2022#1007↑30
2023#1096↓89
2024#1050↑46
2025#1068↓18

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