How Many People Are Named Billie?

59,386

people named Billie are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 5,755 people in the US has this name

Based on 135,300 babies named Billie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#814

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#418

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Peak Year

1930

4,715 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: BIL-ee
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Diminutive of BILL. It is also used as a feminine form of WILLIAM.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Billie in English. Counting Billie and these spellings together, about 254,142 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
86.1%
Male
13.9%

Of the babies given the name Billie, 86.1% were girls and 13.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Billie rose from 21.7% in the 1880s to 97.4% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Billie alive today is about 61 years old, and 57% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 78 in 2025.

Under 30 5,374
9%
30 to 59 20,353
34.3%
60 and over 33,658
56.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Billie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1930, to 4,715 babies. In 2025, 422 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Billie never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #79, in 1929 to 1930, and it was in the top 100 for 7 years, 1928 to 1934. In 2025 it ranked #691. Among boys, its best rank was #122, in 1929.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#691#6,498
Best rank#79 (1929 to 1930)#122 (1929)
Years in the top 1007 (1928 to 1934)None
Rank in its biggest decade#107 in the 1930s#153 in the 1930s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Billie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Billie were born in Texas than in any other state: about 6,791 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Billie was given 3.8 times as often in Oklahoma, 3.1 times in Arkansas and 3.1 times in Texas.

Texas 6,791
California 3,357
Ohio 2,857
Tennessee 2,649
Kentucky 2,646
North Carolina 2,559
Oklahoma 2,116
Pennsylvania 2,016
Illinois 1,930
Missouri 1,884
Alabama 1,696
Arkansas 1,638
Indiana 1,630
Michigan 1,599
Mississippi 1,559
Georgia 1,489
Louisiana 1,442
New York 1,401
Florida 1,399
West Virginia 1,246
Virginia 1,234
South Carolina 867
Kansas 776
Washington 764
Iowa 653
Colorado 592
Wisconsin 519
Arizona 500
Oregon 458
Maryland 431
Nebraska 324
New Mexico 322
New Jersey 319
Minnesota 306
Montana 303
Utah 254
Idaho 239
Massachusetts 165
Maine 141
Wyoming 124
South Dakota 114
Connecticut 90
North Dakota 49
New Hampshire 44
Nevada 36
District of Columbia 33
Vermont 19
Alaska 19
Delaware 14
Hawaii 11
Rhode Island 5

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