# Billy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/billy/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɪli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Billie |
| US babies named this | 389,665 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 384,233 / 5,432 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 19,112, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Diminutive and pet-form; from Bill + -y.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7 | 12,263 |
| 2003 | 11 | 9,144 |
| 2004 | 7 | 12,969 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,444 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,135 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,270 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,877 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,632 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,075 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13,739 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,318 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,035 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,453 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,041 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,554 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 397 | 611 |
| 2012 | 356 | 664 |
| 2013 | 349 | 685 |
| 2014 | 288 | 797 |
| 2015 | 282 | 810 |
| 2016 | 261 | 863 |
| 2017 | 268 | 830 |
| 2018 | 262 | 846 |
| 2019 | 245 | 891 |
| 2020 | 212 | 999 |
| 2021 | 208 | 1,037 |
| 2022 | 221 | 1,007 |
| 2023 | 195 | 1,096 |
| 2024 | 210 | 1,051 |
| 2025 | 203 | 1,068 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | 3,174 |
| 1998 | 6 | 2,407 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 611 | 106 |
| 2012 | 574 | 110 |
| 2013 | 531 | 112 |
| 2014 | 516 | 122 |
| 2015 | 534 | 120 |
| 2016 | 485 | 127 |
| 2017 | 468 | 124 |
| 2018 | 407 | 140 |
| 2019 | 432 | 130 |
| 2020 | 458 | 122 |
| 2021 | 446 | 128 |
| 2022 | 445 | 124 |
| 2023 | 484 | 108 |
| 2024 | 434 | 127 |
| 2025 | 481 | 110 |

## In other languages

- Greek: Μπίλι
- Polish: Wil, Wili, Wilem, Wilhelmek
- Russian: Би́лли

## People named Billy

- Billy Wilder, Austrian and American filmmaker (1906–2002)
- Billy Crystal, American actor, comedian, writer, producer, director and television presenter (born 1948)
- Billy Zane, American actor (born 1966)
- Billy Hughes, Australian politician (1862–1952), 7th Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923
- Billy Celeski, Australian association football player
- Billy Wright, English footballer (1924-1994)
- Billy Mays, European-American salesperson (1958–2009)
- Billy Corgan, American musician
- Billy Burke, American actor, musician
- Billy Porter, American singer and actor
- Billy Herrington, American pornographic actor (1969–2018)
- Billy Magnussen, American actor

## 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.