Bill is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1947 and has since faded.
Bill is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,235 for boy births in the United States (and #11,048 across all names), given to 18 babies. Bill first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1947 (4,681 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,235 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,585 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,621 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,104 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,382 |
| 2020 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,660 |
| 2019 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,805 |
| 2018 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,619 |
| 2017 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,844 |
| 2016 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,000 |
| 2015 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,377 |
| 2014 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,584 |
| 2013 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,464 |
| 2012 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,874 |
| 2011 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,803 |
| 2010 | 53 | 53 | — | #2,377 |
| 2009 | 58 | 58 | — | #2,254 |
| 2008 | 73 | 73 | — | #1,951 |
| 2007 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,743 |
| 2006 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,670 |
| 2005 | 86 | 86 | — | #1,596 |
| 2004 | 89 | 89 | — | #1,503 |
| 2003 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 74 | 74 | — | #1,621 |
| 2001 | 100 | 100 | — | #1,307 |
| 2000 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,189 |
| 1999 | 100 | 100 | — | #1,242 |
| 1998 | 100 | 100 | — | #1,224 |
| 1997 | 103 | — | — | #1,169 |
| 1996 | 116 | — | — | #1,049 |
| 1995 | 101 | — | — | #1,137 |
| 1994 | 110 | — | — | #1,065 |
| 1993 | 145 | — | — | #886 |
| 1992 | 138 | — | — | #900 |
| 1991 | 128 | — | — | #937 |
| 1990 | 112 | — | — | #995 |
| 1989 | 129 | — | — | #886 |
| 1988 | 145 | — | — | #785 |
| 1987 | 137 | — | — | #787 |
| 1986 | 136 | — | #11,088 | #792 |
| 1985 | 176 | — | — | #665 |
| 1984 | 166 | — | — | #674 |
| 1983 | 205 | — | — | #599 |
| 1982 | 244 | — | — | #554 |
| 1981 | 231 | — | — | #562 |
| 1980 | 251 | — | — | #540 |
| 1979 | 273 | — | — | #505 |
| 1978 | 267 | — | — | #496 |
| 1977 | 324 | — | — | #441 |
| 1976 | 364 | — | — | #406 |
| 1975 | 409 | — | — | #385 |
| 1974 | 472 | — | #7,788 | #356 |
| 1973 | 525 | — | #7,518 | #330 |
| 1972 | 686 | — | — | #279 |
| 1971 | 878 | — | — | #253 |
| 1970 | 1,027 | — | #6,428 | #233 |
| 1969 | 1,081 | — | #6,697 | #219 |
| 1968 | 1,167 | — | #6,319 | #201 |
| 1967 | 1,282 | — | #5,504 | #190 |
| 1966 | 1,564 | — | #4,904 | #173 |
| 1965 | 2,060 | — | — | #151 |
| 1964 | 2,737 | — | — | #126 |
| 1963 | 3,202 | — | #4,572 | #113 |
| 1962 | 3,580 | — | #5,917 | #108 |
| 1961 | 4,010 | — | #4,273 | #104 |
| 1960 | 4,501 | — | — | #95 |
| 1959 | 4,602 | — | #5,618 | #93 |
| 1958 | 4,231 | — | #3,953 | #99 |
| 1957 | 3,118 | — | — | #123 |
| 1956 | 1,962 | — | #6,033 | #159 |
| 1955 | 1,656 | — | — | #171 |
| 1954 | 1,526 | — | — | #176 |
| 1953 | 1,522 | — | — | #176 |
| 1952 | 1,593 | — | #5,625 | #168 |
| 1951 | 1,653 | — | — | #157 |
| 1950 | 2,046 | — | #4,784 | #131 |
| 1949 | 2,774 | — | #3,645 | #106 |
| 1948 | 3,934 | — | #3,918 | #84 |
| 1947 | 4,688 | — | #4,389 | #76 |
| 1946 | 4,364 | — | #3,245 | #72 |
| 1945 | 3,719 | — | #3,417 | #66 |
| 1944 | 3,826 | — | #2,784 | #66 |
| 1943 | 3,997 | — | #3,842 | #65 |
| 1942 | 3,803 | — | #3,212 | #65 |
| 1941 | 3,465 | — | #2,549 | #68 |
| 1940 | 3,278 | — | #2,584 | #67 |
| 1939 | 3,170 | — | #2,945 | #67 |
| 1938 | 3,120 | — | #3,482 | #67 |
| 1937 | 3,127 | — | #3,173 | #64 |
| 1936 | 3,184 | — | #1,809 | #61 |
| 1935 | 3,294 | — | #2,450 | #60 |
| 1934 | 3,560 | — | #1,444 | #59 |
| 1933 | 3,246 | — | #1,558 | #59 |
| 1932 | 3,396 | — | #1,241 | #58 |
| 1931 | 3,243 | — | #1,512 | #57 |
| 1930 | 3,185 | — | #1,577 | #59 |
| 1929 | 2,974 | — | #1,494 | #63 |
| 1928 | 3,003 | — | #1,551 | #64 |
| 1927 | 2,891 | — | #1,562 | #69 |
| 1926 | 2,661 | — | #2,081 | #74 |
| 1925 | 2,400 | — | #2,034 | #84 |
| 1924 | 2,085 | — | #2,146 | #92 |
| 1923 | 1,851 | — | #2,095 | #98 |
| 1922 | 1,689 | — | #2,500 | #104 |
| 1921 | 1,502 | — | #1,993 | #121 |
| 1920 | 1,439 | — | #2,081 | #121 |
| 1919 | 1,207 | — | #2,835 | #130 |
| 1918 | 1,051 | — | #2,541 | #143 |
| 1917 | 907 | — | #2,111 | #147 |
| 1916 | 865 | — | #2,685 | #147 |
| 1915 | 761 | — | #2,058 | #157 |
| 1914 | 577 | — | #1,549 | #159 |
| 1913 | 477 | — | #1,902 | #156 |
| 1912 | 354 | — | #2,401 | #168 |
| 1911 | 248 | — | #2,512 | #135 |
| 1910 | 264 | — | #2,452 | #124 |
| 1909 | 210 | — | #2,245 | #132 |
| 1908 | 169 | — | #2,149 | #144 |
| 1907 | 174 | — | — | #138 |
| 1906 | 128 | — | — | #154 |
| 1905 | 147 | — | — | #144 |
| 1904 | 128 | — | — | #149 |
| 1903 | 129 | — | — | #144 |
| 1902 | 138 | — | — | #137 |
| 1901 | 104 | — | — | #152 |
| 1900 | 196 | — | — | #117 |
| 1899 | 83 | — | — | #174 |
| 1898 | 90 | — | — | #175 |
| 1897 | 84 | — | — | #182 |
| 1896 | 86 | — | — | #190 |
| 1895 | 90 | — | — | #175 |
| 1894 | 73 | — | — | #200 |
| 1893 | 71 | — | — | #202 |
| 1892 | 75 | — | — | #201 |
| 1891 | 65 | — | — | #192 |
| 1890 | 72 | — | — | #186 |
| 1889 | 61 | — | — | #208 |
| 1888 | 58 | — | — | #231 |
| 1887 | 63 | — | — | #193 |
| 1886 | 64 | — | — | #208 |
| 1885 | 66 | — | — | #195 |
| 1884 | 82 | — | — | #171 |
| 1883 | 50 | — | — | #215 |
| 1882 | 61 | — | — | #207 |
| 1881 | 42 | — | — | #237 |
| 1880 | 53 | — | — | #221 |