NameTides

Billie

Billie was the #691 girls' name in the US in 2025 (409 babies), and #151 in England & Wales and #125 in Canada.

Billie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Billie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesIrelandNorthern IrelandUS
Billie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#691 (409)#151 (331)#100 (44)#397 (3)#186 (24)#125 (217)#35 (162)#24 (186)
2024#695 (406)#171 (290)#131 (34)#337 (4)#191 (23)#95 (259)#33 (165)#39 (140)
2023#866 (309)#174 (296)#119 (35)#178 (10)#190 (24)#106 (231)#37 (155)#28 (147)
2022#950 (285)#208 (239)#151 (28)#305 (5)#214 (21)#110 (226)#37 (163)#26 (183)
2021#942 (280)#229 (218)#164 (26)#298 (5)#251 (18)#150 (190)#53 (136)#27 (174)
2020#1,009 (251)#216 (224)#131 (34)#397 (3)#294 (14)#177 (157)#57 (121)#39 (137)
2019#1,133 (213)#275 (177)#206 (20)#336 (4)#325 (13)#247 (127)#59 (110)#46 (127)
2018#1,461 (150)#346 (138)#220 (19)#434 (3)#336 (13)#415 (78)#75 (88)#48 (98)
2017#1,779 (117)#329 (146)#229 (19)—#396 (10)#680 (43)#88 (81)#37 (135)
2016#2,033 (97)#372 (123)#287 (14)—#476 (8)#554 (56)#76 (95)#39 (106)
2015#2,012 (98)#432 (102)#281 (14)—#581 (6)#888 (30)#96 (76)#57 (78)
2014#1,706 (123)#439 (100)#430 (8)#439 (3)#876 (3)#731 (38)—#97 (55)
2013#1,834 (110)#460 (91)#267 (15)#370 (4)#660 (5)#739 (38)——
2012#2,095 (91)#487 (90)#370 (10)—#560 (7)#865 (31)—#98 (53)
2011#2,190 (86)#673 (58)#394 (9)#277 (6)—#923 (28)——

Billie as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Billie as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Billie as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#6,446 (13)#3,684 (5)
2024#8,312 (9)#4,271 (4)
2023#8,921 (8)#3,113 (6)
2022#9,823 (7)—
2021#10,799 (6)#3,451 (5)
2020#8,739 (8)#4,608 (3)
2019#8,215 (9)#4,702 (3)
2018#9,670 (7)—
2017#7,546 (10)—
2015#7,491 (10)—
2014#6,632 (12)#3,895 (4)
2013#6,603 (12)#3,822 (4)
2012#6,626 (12)#3,416 (5)
2011#7,502 (10)#2,194 (9)
2010#6,036 (14)#2,629 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1930 at #79.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1886.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 770common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 410common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 880common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 690common
USBoys2025about 1 in 130,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Billie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,000 to 1 in 4,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Billie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: #277IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #502MNIllinois: #748ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #548NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #721INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #813PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #592CAUtah: #408UTColorado: #456CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #603TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: #341MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #762TXFlorida: #735FL
Billie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#36149
Ontario2024#61620

Billie (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BillieCanadaGirls#125217
BillieEngland & WalesGirls#151331
Billie-England & WalesGirls—too few
BillieEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
BillieIrelandGirls#18624
BillieNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
BillieNSWGirls#35162
BillieScotlandGirls#10044
BillieUSGirls#691409
BillieUSBoys#6,44613
BillieVICGirls#24186