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Billy
Pronounced /ˈbɪli/
Rank in 2024
#8,334
Born in 2024
13
Peak year
1930 · #528
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:210 in 2024 (#1,048)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 13 girls were named Billy, about 1 in every 124,091.
- It peaked in 1930 with 166 babies, ranked #528.
- It first shows up in the records in 1899.
- 5,417 girls have been named Billy since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Billy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,093 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 1,807 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Boomers: 932 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,024 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 402 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 77 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 77 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Diminutive and pet-form; from Bill + -y.
- A diminutive of the male given name William.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈbɪli/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Billy, CC BY-SA 4.0.