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.

Billy

#89 most common boys' name of all time · #182 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#89
Rank overall
#182 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
389,665
Since 2016
2,370
Peak year
1934 #20
Best rank
#19 1931
Girls Boys peak 9,659/yr
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Billy 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 14 203 217 #1,068
2024 13 210 223 #1,050
2023 9 195 204 #1,096
2022 16 221 237 #1,007
2021 15 208 223 #1,037
2020 6 212 218 #999
2019 — 245 245 #893
2018 6 262 268 #846
2017 — 268 268 #829
2016 6 261 267 #863
2015 — 282 282 #810
2014 6 288 294 #796
2013 — 349 349 #687
2012 6 356 362 #664
2011 6 397 403 #611
2010 5 391 396 #624
2009 — 443 443 #591
2008 — 460 460 #566
2007 — 546 546 #486
2006 — 566 566 #471
2005 — 560 560 #456
2004 7 566 573 #458
2003 11 601 612 #426
2002 — 582 582 #427
2001 7 676 683 #384
2000 8 670 678 #385
1999 9 748 757 #350
1998 7 813 820 #332
1997 11 814 825 #324
1996 13 948 961 #286
1995 10 1,063 1,073 #264
1994 13 1,125 1,138 #256
1993 15 1,353 1,368 #222
1992 16 1,282 1,298 #230
1991 17 1,357 1,374 #220
1990 17 1,439 1,456 #214
1989 25 1,505 1,530 #193
1988 20 1,509 1,529 #185
1987 26 1,622 1,648 #168
1986 29 1,686 1,715 #160
1985 34 1,831 1,865 #150
1984 27 1,946 1,973 #140
1983 39 2,151 2,190 #124
1982 50 2,526 2,576 #116
1981 51 2,883 2,934 #103
1980 59 2,991 3,050 #100
1979 67 2,998 3,065 #97
1978 69 2,695 2,764 #99
1977 68 2,950 3,018 #91
1976 78 3,158 3,236 #85
1975 75 3,113 3,188 #84
1974 72 3,365 3,437 #78
1973 75 3,437 3,512 #76
1972 74 3,473 3,547 #81
1971 59 3,907 3,966 #75
1970 73 4,121 4,194 #78
1969 68 3,773 3,841 #77
1968 50 3,814 3,864 #76
1967 42 3,984 4,026 #76
1966 42 4,182 4,224 #80
1965 54 4,649 4,703 #77
1964 57 5,192 5,249 #71
1963 52 5,241 5,293 #74
1962 39 5,588 5,627 #71
1961 45 6,026 6,071 #68
1960 39 6,023 6,062 #67
1959 46 6,308 6,354 #65
1958 51 6,160 6,211 #64
1957 45 6,146 6,191 #64
1956 54 6,013 6,067 #68
1955 50 5,769 5,819 #69
1954 56 6,033 6,089 #65
1953 38 5,856 5,894 #65
1952 52 5,708 5,760 #65
1951 47 5,610 5,657 #64
1950 44 5,674 5,718 #57
1949 53 5,821 5,874 #57
1948 42 6,220 6,262 #53
1947 67 6,933 7,000 #51
1946 55 6,716 6,771 #45
1945 63 6,022 6,085 #42
1944 67 6,545 6,612 #38
1943 66 7,012 7,078 #37
1942 68 7,313 7,381 #35
1941 67 7,655 7,722 #27
1940 60 7,596 7,656 #27
1939 68 7,474 7,542 #24
1938 80 8,253 8,333 #24
1937 85 8,301 8,386 #22
1936 83 8,587 8,670 #22
1935 103 9,241 9,344 #19
1934 97 9,562 9,659 #20
1933 123 8,938 9,061 #20
1932 143 9,436 9,579 #20
1931 154 9,264 9,418 #19
1930 166 9,285 9,451 #20
1929 155 8,320 8,475 #23
1928 159 7,310 7,469 #27
1927 157 6,463 6,620 #31
1926 147 5,180 5,327 #40
1925 126 4,207 4,333 #49
1924 98 3,271 3,369 #63
1923 82 2,488 2,570 #78
1922 70 2,029 2,099 #90
1921 67 1,622 1,689 #109
1920 55 1,206 1,261 #132
1919 51 858 909 #154
1918 39 645 684 #198
1917 27 469 496 #231
1916 26 361 387 #264
1915 28 276 304 #307
1914 20 142 162 #401
1913 22 111 133 #410
1912 16 69 85 #471
1911 10 42 52 #456
1910 8 43 51 #412
1909 10 18 28 #644
1908 13 20 33 #578
1907 7 20 27 #551
1906 — 14 14 #661
1905 — 20 20 #518
1904 6 21 27 #477
1903 — 20 20 #483
1902 8 22 30 #455
1901 — 18 18 #462
1900 — 36 36 #372
1899 5 19 24 #436
1898 — 14 14 #600
1897 — 6 6 #983
1896 — 9 9 #799
1895 — 11 11 #664
1894 — 10 10 #704
1893 — 9 9 #739
1892 — 10 10 #722
1891 — 6 6 #884
1890 — 5 5 #1,035
1889 — 5 5 #1,004
1888 — 10 10 #676
1887 — 6 6 #851
1886 — 7 7 #794
1885 — 8 8 #735
1884 — 7 7 #798
1882 — 7 7 #793
1881 — 6 6 #818
1880 — 7 7 #758