How Many People Are Named Billy?
people named Billy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,754 people in the US has this name
Based on 389,665 babies named Billy in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
9,659 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of BILL. A notable bearer was the American outlaw Billy the Kid (1859-1881), whose real name was William H. Bonney.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Billy in English. Counting Billy and these spellings together, about 254,142 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Billy, 1.4% were girls and 98.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1890s: 4.8% of the babies were girls then and 5.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Billy alive today is about 60 years old, and 56% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Billy first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1934, to 9,659 babies. In 2025, 217 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Billy never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #19, in 1931 and 1935, and it was in the top 100 for 59 years, 1922 to 1980. In 2025 it ranked #1,068.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,068 |
| Best rank | #19 (1931 and 1935) |
| Years in the top 100 | 59 (1922 to 1980) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #20 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Billy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Billy were born in Texas than in any other state: about 28,825 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Billy was given 4.1 times as often in Arkansas, 3.8 times in Oklahoma and 3.2 times in Tennessee.
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