Billy was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #19 in 1931 but is far less common today.
Billy is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,068 among boys (203) and #7,554 among girls (14) — overall #2,098 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 217 | 217 | #7,554 | #1,068 |
| 2024 | 223 | 223 | #8,041 | #1,051 |
| 2023 | 204 | 204 | #10,453 | #1,096 |
| 2022 | 237 | 237 | #7,035 | #1,007 |
| 2021 | 223 | 223 | #7,318 | #1,037 |
| 2020 | 218 | 218 | #13,739 | #999 |
| 2019 | 245 | 245 | — | #891 |
| 2018 | 268 | 268 | #14,075 | #846 |
| 2017 | 268 | 268 | — | #830 |
| 2016 | 267 | 267 | #14,632 | #863 |
| 2015 | 282 | 282 | — | #810 |
| 2014 | 294 | 294 | #14,877 | #797 |
| 2013 | 349 | 349 | — | #685 |
| 2012 | 362 | 362 | #15,270 | #664 |
| 2011 | 403 | 403 | #15,135 | #611 |
| 2010 | 396 | 396 | #17,444 | #624 |
| 2009 | 443 | 443 | — | #591 |
| 2008 | 460 | 465 | — | #565 |
| 2007 | 546 | 546 | — | #486 |
| 2006 | 566 | 572 | — | #471 |
| 2005 | 560 | 560 | — | #456 |
| 2004 | 573 | 583 | #12,969 | #457 |
| 2003 | 612 | 619 | #9,144 | #426 |
| 2002 | 582 | 590 | — | #426 |
| 2001 | 683 | 692 | #12,263 | #384 |
| 2000 | 678 | 686 | #10,878 | #385 |
| 1999 | 757 | 769 | #9,598 | #350 |
| 1998 | 820 | 836 | #11,286 | #332 |
| 1997 | 825 | — | #7,828 | #324 |
| 1996 | 961 | — | #6,770 | #286 |
| 1995 | 1,073 | — | #8,154 | #264 |
| 1994 | 1,138 | — | #6,726 | #256 |
| 1993 | 1,368 | — | #5,987 | #222 |
| 1992 | 1,298 | — | #5,754 | #230 |
| 1991 | 1,374 | — | #5,427 | #220 |
| 1990 | 1,456 | — | #5,318 | #214 |
| 1989 | 1,530 | — | #3,904 | #193 |
| 1988 | 1,529 | — | #4,334 | #185 |
| 1987 | 1,648 | — | #3,434 | #168 |
| 1986 | 1,715 | — | #3,142 | #159 |
| 1985 | 1,865 | — | #2,754 | #150 |
| 1984 | 1,973 | — | #3,152 | #140 |
| 1983 | 2,190 | — | #2,400 | #124 |
| 1982 | 2,576 | — | #2,055 | #116 |
| 1981 | 2,934 | — | #2,031 | #103 |
| 1980 | 3,050 | — | #1,835 | #100 |
| 1979 | 3,065 | — | #1,662 | #97 |
| 1978 | 2,764 | — | #1,569 | #99 |
| 1977 | 3,018 | — | #1,577 | #91 |
| 1976 | 3,236 | — | #1,373 | #85 |
| 1975 | 3,188 | — | #1,407 | #84 |
| 1974 | 3,437 | — | #1,415 | #78 |
| 1973 | 3,512 | — | #1,339 | #76 |
| 1972 | 3,547 | — | #1,353 | #81 |
| 1971 | 3,966 | — | #1,597 | #75 |
| 1970 | 4,194 | — | #1,421 | #78 |
| 1969 | 3,841 | — | #1,403 | #77 |
| 1968 | 3,864 | — | #1,627 | #76 |
| 1967 | 4,026 | — | #1,784 | #76 |
| 1966 | 4,224 | — | #1,739 | #80 |
| 1965 | 4,703 | — | #1,519 | #77 |
| 1964 | 5,249 | — | #1,497 | #71 |
| 1963 | 5,293 | — | #1,566 | #74 |
| 1962 | 5,627 | — | #1,827 | #71 |
| 1961 | 6,071 | — | #1,698 | #68 |
| 1960 | 6,062 | — | #1,811 | #67 |
| 1959 | 6,354 | — | #1,597 | #65 |
| 1958 | 6,211 | — | #1,500 | #64 |
| 1957 | 6,191 | — | #1,615 | #64 |
| 1956 | 6,067 | — | #1,437 | #68 |
| 1955 | 5,819 | — | #1,424 | #69 |
| 1954 | 6,089 | — | #1,333 | #65 |
| 1953 | 5,894 | — | #1,586 | #65 |
| 1952 | 5,760 | — | #1,335 | #65 |
| 1951 | 5,657 | — | #1,364 | #64 |
| 1950 | 5,718 | — | #1,378 | #57 |
| 1949 | 5,874 | — | #1,251 | #57 |
| 1948 | 6,262 | — | #1,423 | #53 |
| 1947 | 7,000 | — | #1,086 | #51 |
| 1946 | 6,771 | — | #1,150 | #45 |
| 1945 | 6,085 | — | #976 | #42 |
| 1944 | 6,612 | — | #945 | #38 |
| 1943 | 7,078 | — | #977 | #37 |
| 1942 | 7,381 | — | #950 | #35 |
| 1941 | 7,722 | — | #896 | #27 |
| 1940 | 7,656 | — | #928 | #27 |
| 1939 | 7,542 | — | #849 | #24 |
| 1938 | 8,333 | — | #788 | #24 |
| 1937 | 8,386 | — | #735 | #22 |
| 1936 | 8,670 | — | #729 | #22 |
| 1935 | 9,344 | — | #641 | #19 |
| 1934 | 9,659 | — | #677 | #20 |
| 1933 | 9,061 | — | #578 | #20 |
| 1932 | 9,579 | — | #545 | #20 |
| 1931 | 9,418 | — | #532 | #19 |
| 1930 | 9,451 | — | #526 | #20 |
| 1929 | 8,475 | — | #548 | #23 |
| 1928 | 7,469 | — | #556 | #27 |
| 1927 | 6,620 | — | #568 | #31 |
| 1926 | 5,327 | — | #584 | #40 |
| 1925 | 4,333 | — | #656 | #49 |
| 1924 | 3,369 | — | #747 | #63 |
| 1923 | 2,570 | — | #800 | #78 |
| 1922 | 2,099 | — | #872 | #90 |
| 1921 | 1,689 | — | #910 | #109 |
| 1920 | 1,261 | — | #990 | #132 |
| 1919 | 909 | — | #1,010 | #154 |
| 1918 | 684 | — | #1,204 | #198 |
| 1917 | 496 | — | #1,436 | #231 |
| 1916 | 387 | — | #1,449 | #264 |
| 1915 | 304 | — | #1,342 | #307 |
| 1914 | 162 | — | #1,450 | #401 |
| 1913 | 133 | — | #1,179 | #409 |
| 1912 | 85 | — | #1,358 | #471 |
| 1911 | 52 | — | #1,554 | #453 |
| 1910 | 51 | — | #1,791 | #407 |
| 1909 | 28 | — | #1,377 | #637 |
| 1908 | 33 | — | #1,143 | #566 |
| 1907 | 27 | — | #1,659 | #543 |
| 1906 | 14 | — | — | #646 |
| 1905 | 20 | — | — | #508 |
| 1904 | 27 | — | #1,682 | #468 |
| 1903 | 20 | — | — | #473 |
| 1902 | 30 | — | #1,336 | #440 |
| 1901 | 18 | — | — | #455 |
| 1900 | 36 | — | — | #365 |
| 1899 | 24 | — | #1,633 | #427 |
| 1898 | 14 | — | — | #578 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | — | #952 |
| 1896 | 9 | — | — | #783 |
| 1895 | 11 | — | — | #641 |
| 1894 | 10 | — | — | #679 |
| 1893 | 9 | — | — | #710 |
| 1892 | 10 | — | — | #692 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | — | #854 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | — | #1,019 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | — | #985 |
| 1888 | 10 | — | — | #656 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | — | #831 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | — | #771 |
| 1885 | 8 | — | — | #706 |
| 1884 | 7 | — | — | #778 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | — | #765 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | — | #795 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | — | #753 |