Billy

Boy name

Billy has been given to 389,665 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1934.

Meaning & origin /ˈbɪli/

Diminutive and pet-form; from Bill +&lrm; -y.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

389,665

Peak year

1934 (9,659 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -23%

Gender split

1% girls / 99% boys

Billy Wilder

Austrian and American filmmaker (1906–2002)

Billy Connolly

Scottish actor and comedian

Billy Crystal

American actor, comedian, writer, producer, director and television presenter (born 1948)

Billy Zane

American actor (born 1966)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Billy.

324,728 babies since 1900

464,574 babies since 1880

255,807 babies since 1880

254,762 babies since 1880

247,075 babies since 1880

245,153 babies since 1880

229,383 babies since 1880

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