The table below indicates the number of times the name Billy has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Billy
Use of the Name Billy for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
2,610
0
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Billy has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Billy
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
753
7
1881
795
6
1882
765
7
1883
1884
778
7
1885
706
8
1886
772
7
1887
832
6
1888
655
10
1889
985
5
1890
1891
855
6
1892
694
10
1893
711
9
1894
679
10
1895
641
11
1896
784
9
1897
953
6
1898
579
14
1899
426
19
1900
351
39
1901
455
18
1902
439
22
1903
473
20
1904
444
23
1905
508
20
1906
647
14
1907
541
20
1908
566
20
1909
635
18
1910
406
43
1911
453
42
1912
471
69
1913
408
112
1914
402
141
1915
305
279
1916
263
360
1917
231
469
1918
198
648
1919
154
856
1920
988
55
132
1,207
1921
907
67
107
1,625
1922
871
70
90
2,030
1923
801
82
78
2,493
1924
745
99
62
3,283
1925
645
128
49
4,215
1926
584
146
40
5,177
1927
575
153
32
6,452
1928
550
161
27
7,320
1929
550
154
23
8,306
1930
525
166
20
9,267
1931
533
154
19
9,257
1932
545
143
20
9,400
1933
578
123
20
8,921
1934
672
99
20
9,547
1935
643
103
19
9,227
1936
731
83
22
8,562
1937
734
85
22
8,277
1938
792
79
24
8,233
1939
836
69
24
7,481
1940
917
61
27
7,591
1941
902
66
27
7,628
1942
951
68
35
7,315
1943
974
66
37
6,998
1944
945
67
38
6,516
1945
976
63
42
6,016
1946
45
6,684
1947
51
6,913
1948
53
6,204
1949
57
5,786
1950
57
5,680
1951
64
5,584
1952
65
5,696
1953
65
5,819
1954
65
6,049
1955
69
5,738
1956
68
6,003
1957
64
6,142
1958
64
6,138
1959
64
6,305
1960
67
6,019
1961
68
6,020
1962
72
5,571
1963
74
5,238
1964
71
5,181
1965
77
4,651
1966
80
4,174
1967
76
3,977
1968
76
3,821
1969
77
3,771
1970
78
4,123
1971
75
3,908
1972
82
3,466
1973
76
3,436
1974
78
3,368
1975
84
3,110
1976
85
3,156
1977
91
2,947
1978
99
2,697
1979
97
2,999
1980
100
2,987
1981
103
2,880
1982
116
2,525
1983
123
2,151
1984
140
1,945
1985
150
1,830
1986
158
1,686
1987
168
1,621
1988
185
1,508
1989
193
1,502
1990
214
1,438
1991
220
1,355
1992
230
1,283
1993
221
1,353
1994
255
1,124
1995
262
1,065
1996
286
947
1997
322
815
1998
332
812
1999
350
748
2000
385
668
2001
385
671
2002
423
580
2003
428
597
2004
461
556
Totals:
2,610
376,755
During the last 125 years, parents have used Billy as a girl's name about 0% of the time and more frequently (about 99% of the time) as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Billy appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 26 times during the last 125 years.