# Billie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/billie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 135,300 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31,637 / 103,663 (77% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,711, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Bill + -ie.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 86 | 2,195 |
| 2012 | 91 | 2,101 |
| 2013 | 110 | 1,835 |
| 2014 | 123 | 1,707 |
| 2015 | 98 | 2,016 |
| 2016 | 97 | 2,035 |
| 2017 | 117 | 1,780 |
| 2018 | 150 | 1,464 |
| 2019 | 213 | 1,135 |
| 2020 | 251 | 1,009 |
| 2021 | 280 | 942 |
| 2022 | 285 | 950 |
| 2023 | 309 | 867 |
| 2024 | 406 | 695 |
| 2025 | 409 | 691 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14 | 6,071 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,578 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,674 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,648 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,685 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,555 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9,809 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,294 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8,851 |
| 2021 | 6 | 10,974 |
| 2022 | 7 | 9,968 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,027 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,396 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,502 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 58 | 673 |
| 2012 | 90 | 487 |
| 2013 | 91 | 460 |
| 2014 | 100 | 439 |
| 2015 | 102 | 432 |
| 2016 | 123 | 372 |
| 2017 | 146 | 329 |
| 2018 | 138 | 346 |
| 2019 | 177 | 275 |
| 2020 | 224 | 216 |
| 2021 | 218 | 229 |
| 2022 | 239 | 208 |
| 2023 | 296 | 174 |
| 2024 | 290 | 171 |
| 2025 | 331 | 151 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 7 | 2,282 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,276 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Billie

- Billie Holiday, American jazz singer (1915–1959)
- Billie Jean King, American tennis player (born 1943)
- Billie Joe Armstrong, American rock musician (born 1972)
- Billie Burke, American stage and film actress (1884-1970)
- Billie Lourd, American actress
- Billie Piper, British actress and singer (born 1982)
- Billie Whitelaw, British actress (1932–2014)
- Billie Dove, American silent film actress; aviator (1903–1997)
- Billie Bennett, American actress (1874–1951)
- Billie Bird, American actress (1908-2002)
- Billie Yorke, British tennis player (1910-2000)
- Billie Thomas, American actor (1931-1980)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.