NameTides

Billy

Billy was the #1,068 boys' name in the US in 2025 (203 babies), and #110 in England & Wales and #525 in Canada.

Billy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Billy as a boy’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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandCanadaUS
Billy as a boy’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.02.557.5101880192019602000
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#1,068 (203)#110 (481)#208 (20)#212 (9)#39 (122)#525 (56)#44 (152)#37 (158)
2024#1,050 (210)#127 (434)#234 (17)#256 (7)#56 (102)#428 (74)#74 (106)#49 (138)
2023#1,096 (195)#108 (484)#231 (18)#232 (8)#55 (108)#372 (80)#65 (118)#46 (129)
2022#1,007 (221)#124 (445)#236 (17)#207 (10)#49 (128)#398 (73)#69 (120)#53 (114)
2021#1,037 (208)#128 (446)#233 (19)#176 (13)#69 (99)#416 (71)#75 (124)#69 (102)
2020#999 (212)#122 (458)#176 (26)#193 (10)#63 (105)#426 (68)—#84 (86)
2019#890 (245)#130 (432)#233 (19)#197 (11)#75 (87)#470 (60)—#98 (83)
2018#846 (262)#140 (407)#253 (16)#204 (10)#81 (86)#524 (53)—#88 (76)
2017#829 (268)#124 (468)#204 (25)#279 (6)#74 (95)#681 (37)—#87 (76)
2016#863 (261)#127 (485)#290 (14)#232 (8)#77 (91)#808 (30)—#99 (67)
2015#810 (282)#120 (534)#224 (21)#169 (14)#79 (97)#659 (39)—#93 (66)
2014#795 (288)#122 (516)#276 (15)#228 (9)#95 (81)#656 (40)——
2013#685 (349)#112 (531)#207 (23)#208 (10)#110 (66)#564 (47)——
2012#664 (356)#110 (574)#198 (28)#311 (5)#100 (76)#608 (40)——
2011#611 (397)#106 (611)#175 (31)#291 (5)#101 (77)#448 (61)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1934 at #20.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 7% of US babies named Billy were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,400 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 570common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 980common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 920common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 190very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Billy is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,700 to 1 in 9,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Billy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #905MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,241CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #673GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #876TXFlorida: #912FL
Billy (boys) 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#15538

Billy (boys): 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
BillyCanadaGirls—too few
BillyCanadaBoys#52556
BillyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
BillyEngland & WalesBoys#110481
BillyIrelandBoys#39122
BillyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BillyNorthern IrelandBoys#2129
BillyNSWBoys#44152
BillyScotlandBoys#20820
BillyUSGirls#7,49114
BillyUSBoys#1,068203
BillyVICBoys#37158