Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Bill

#220 most common boys' name of all time · #475 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#220
Rank overall
#475 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
161,190
Since 2016
297
Peak year
1947 #76
Best rank
#57 1931
Girls Boys peak 4,688/yr
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Bill is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 18 18 #5,210
2024 — 22 22 #4,574
2023 — 22 22 #4,612
2022 — 26 26 #4,089
2021 — 23 23 #4,363
2020 — 29 29 #3,653
2019 — 28 28 #3,794
2018 — 48 48 #2,617
2017 — 42 42 #2,840
2016 — 39 39 #2,993
2015 — 33 33 #3,366
2014 — 47 47 #2,583
2013 — 50 50 #2,461
2012 — 41 41 #2,869
2011 — 42 42 #2,798
2010 — 53 53 #2,376
2009 — 58 58 #2,253
2008 — 73 73 #1,948
2007 — 85 85 #1,742
2006 — 85 85 #1,669
2005 — 86 86 #1,595
2004 — 89 89 #1,503
2003 — 81 81 #1,562
2002 — 74 74 #1,620
2001 — 100 100 #1,308
2000 — 114 114 #1,188
1999 — 100 100 #1,243
1998 — 100 100 #1,224
1997 — 103 103 #1,170
1996 — 116 116 #1,050
1995 — 101 101 #1,137
1994 — 110 110 #1,064
1993 — 145 145 #885
1992 — 138 138 #900
1991 — 128 128 #936
1990 — 112 112 #995
1989 — 129 129 #887
1988 — 145 145 #784
1987 — 137 137 #788
1986 5 131 136 #792
1985 — 176 176 #665
1984 — 166 166 #673
1983 — 205 205 #600
1982 — 244 244 #554
1981 — 231 231 #563
1980 — 251 251 #540
1979 — 273 273 #506
1978 — 267 267 #496
1977 — 324 324 #442
1976 — 364 364 #406
1975 — 409 409 #385
1974 6 466 472 #356
1973 6 519 525 #330
1972 — 686 686 #279
1971 — 878 878 #253
1970 7 1,020 1,027 #233
1969 6 1,075 1,081 #219
1968 6 1,161 1,167 #201
1967 7 1,275 1,282 #190
1966 8 1,556 1,564 #173
1965 — 2,060 2,060 #151
1964 — 2,737 2,737 #126
1963 9 3,193 3,202 #113
1962 6 3,574 3,580 #108
1961 10 4,000 4,010 #104
1960 — 4,501 4,501 #95
1959 6 4,596 4,602 #93
1958 10 4,221 4,231 #99
1957 — 3,118 3,118 #123
1956 5 1,957 1,962 #160
1955 — 1,656 1,656 #171
1954 — 1,526 1,526 #176
1953 — 1,522 1,522 #176
1952 5 1,588 1,593 #168
1951 — 1,653 1,653 #157
1950 6 2,040 2,046 #131
1949 9 2,765 2,774 #106
1948 8 3,926 3,934 #84
1947 7 4,681 4,688 #76
1946 10 4,354 4,364 #72
1945 8 3,711 3,719 #66
1944 11 3,815 3,826 #66
1943 7 3,990 3,997 #65
1942 9 3,794 3,803 #65
1941 12 3,453 3,465 #68
1940 11 3,267 3,278 #67
1939 9 3,161 3,170 #67
1938 7 3,113 3,120 #67
1937 8 3,119 3,127 #64
1936 18 3,166 3,184 #61
1935 12 3,282 3,294 #60
1934 26 3,534 3,560 #59
1933 23 3,223 3,246 #59
1932 34 3,362 3,396 #58
1931 25 3,218 3,243 #57
1930 25 3,160 3,185 #59
1929 27 2,947 2,974 #63
1928 27 2,976 3,003 #64
1927 28 2,863 2,891 #69
1926 18 2,643 2,661 #74
1925 19 2,381 2,400 #84
1924 18 2,067 2,085 #92
1923 18 1,833 1,851 #98
1922 14 1,675 1,689 #104
1921 20 1,482 1,502 #121
1920 18 1,421 1,439 #121
1919 11 1,196 1,207 #130
1918 13 1,038 1,051 #143
1917 16 891 907 #147
1916 11 854 865 #147
1915 15 746 761 #157
1914 18 559 577 #159
1913 11 466 477 #156
1912 7 347 354 #168
1911 5 243 248 #138
1910 5 259 264 #125
1909 5 205 210 #132
1908 5 164 169 #144
1907 — 174 174 #138
1906 — 128 128 #155
1905 — 147 147 #145
1904 — 128 128 #150
1903 — 129 129 #144
1902 — 138 138 #138
1901 — 104 104 #152
1900 — 196 196 #117
1899 — 83 83 #175
1898 — 90 90 #176
1897 — 84 84 #183
1896 — 86 86 #191
1895 — 90 90 #178
1894 — 73 73 #200
1893 — 71 71 #204
1892 — 75 75 #201
1891 — 65 65 #192
1890 — 72 72 #188
1889 — 61 61 #209
1888 — 58 58 #231
1887 — 63 63 #194
1886 — 64 64 #208
1885 — 66 66 #196
1884 — 82 82 #173
1883 — 50 50 #215
1882 — 61 61 #209
1881 — 42 42 #237
1880 — 53 53 #222