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Billie

Pronunciation
[Bi-llie]
Gender
Male
Meaning
Nickname For William Resolute Protector - Often Used As An Independent Name.
Origin
English

Billie Popularity Snapshot

Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 31,624 baby boys have been named Billie. The name peaked in 1930 with 1,474 US births that year (rank #123). In 2024, ranked #8369 nationally — 8,246 places below its 1930 peak.

Top States for Billie

Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Billie births are: Texas (5,069), Tennessee (2,099), Kentucky (1,904).

Other English-Origin Names Like Billie

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6-Letter Names Starting with B

Names with Billie's exact length and starting letter: Badawi, Baduna, Baghel, Bahira, Bahiti.

Quick Facts About Billie

5,642
English baby names in our dictionary
3,391
English male names
264
6-letter B-names in our dictionary
783
B-male names total
1928–2025
years of US SSA records (12 total)
21,494
total US births named Billie (all years)

US Popularity History (1928–2025)

🔥 Rising fast: Billie climbed 251 places in the US girls ranking over the last 4 years (#942 in 2021 → #691 in 2025).

Annual US births named Billie by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1930 with 3,241 girls named Billie (girl rank #79 that year).

Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #691 for girls (409 US births). That's 612 places below its 1930 peak.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Billie Most Popular?

Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Billie the strongest states are Utah, Oregon, Colorado.

Strongest girls-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 Utah #454 36
2 Oregon #464 24
3 Colorado #607 35
4 Tennessee #631 47
5 Minnesota #682 30
6 Washington #696 47
7 Arizona #719 53
8 Missouri #732 53
9 Illinois #770 37
10 California #782 293

Weakest girls-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 Georgia #1,007 31
2 Michigan #825 28
3 Pennsylvania #820 34
4 New York #815 140
5 Massachusetts #813 17
6 Maryland #790 18
7 North Carolina #789 35
8 Virginia #788 27
9 California #782 293
10 Illinois #770 37

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Billie in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Variant Forms

NameMeaningGenderOrigin
Billy Nickname For William - Resolute Protector - Often Used As An Independent Name. Male English
Willa "Desired." Female Anglo

Famous People Named Billie

2 notable figures from history and culture who share the name Billie.

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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Billie against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).

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