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).
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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
US Popularity History (1928–2025)
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.
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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
Famous People Named Billie
2 notable figures from history and culture who share the name Billie.
- Billie Jean King — Tennis Player (1943)
- Billie Joe Armstrong — Guitarist (1972)
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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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