Billey

Boy · recorded 1920–1980

  • 1980last recorded
  • 1934best year

Most popular in 1934.

Last recorded in 1980. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1920

0122319201935195019651980

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 46 recorded years as a table
Billey, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19205
19215
19228
19238
19246
192513
192614
192713
192813
192917
193016
193123
193211
193316
193423
193512
193616
193722
193817
19398
194011
19418
194210
19438
194510
19467
19477
19486
19499
19504
19515
19544
19554
19563
19573
19593
19605
19612
19622
19643
19653
19676
19683
19694
19726
19803

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Billey isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1980
5
Rank in 1980
#6,250
How rare
1 in 356,790 boys
Since 1920
523

Billey was last recorded in 1980. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1934, at 23 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Billey doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.