girls:
102.8k births since 1886
#361 (94th percentile)
boys:
31.6k births since 1880
#645 (86th percentile)
overall:
134.5k births since 1880
#552 (93rd percentile)
The name Billie is the #552 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 134,460 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 92.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 92.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #361 (93.7% percentile) for all time with 102,846 births since 1886. For boys, it ranks #645 (85.9% percentile) for all time with 31,614 births since 1880.
Billie has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1886 for girls). Birth data for Billie is available in 143 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (141 years for boys and 138 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Billie has been given predominantly to girls, with 76.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 97.5% of babies named Billie were girls. Interestingly, until around 1892, the name was more popular for boys (70.8% boys from 1880 to 1891), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (76.6% girls from 1892 to 2023).
For girls, Billie reached its peak popularity in 1930, achieving the 86.8% percentile (ranked #79) with 2,779 births per million. The name was most common in 1930, with 2,779 births per million (ranked 86.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Billie ranks #652 for girls (31.2% percentile) with 176 births per million, which is 6.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Billie reached its peak popularity in 1929, achieving the 77.5% percentile (ranked #120) with 1,291 births per million. The name was most common in 1930, with 1,305 births per million (ranked 77.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Billie ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 0.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Billie".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Billie", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 6 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Billy" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Billy..
Our model found one way to pronounce the name Billie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Billie is pronounced as BIH-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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