NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Billy Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Billy: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 384,233 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
384,233
Peak year
1934 #20
Years on the list
145
10-year trend
-16.9%

In the 1930s · Most used in TX in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011397#611
2012356#664
2013349#685
2014288#797
2015282#810
2016261#863
2017268#830
2018262#846
2019245#891
2020212#999
2021208#1037
2022221#1007
2023195#1096
2024210#1051
2025203#1068

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1934

TX
1,563
TN
893
AL
765
OK
733
AR
721
NC
626

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