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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Billye

Billye was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1930, when it ranked 556th with 151 babies. More babies were named Billye in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1930151 babies
Total since 1880
3,472babies recorded

Billye popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 112 since 1922.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#6,35710
1970#4,78111
1960#2,52023
1950#1,41242
1940#99951
1930#556151
1920#1,04051
1910#2,1746
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Billye, counting every spelling?

Billye has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Billye?

About 1,000 people born in the US named Billye are alive today, with a median age of 77; half are between 66 and 84. That makes Billye a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Billye by state

How common Billye was among girls born in each state in 1928–1932, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (9.5×), Texas (8.3×), Arkansas (4.4×), Mississippi (2.7×), Tennessee (1.6×). In 44 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMO0.04Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.50 per 1,000 babiesAR0.50Tennessee: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesTN0.18North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesOK1.1Louisiana: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesLA0.17Mississippi: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesMS0.30Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.95 per 1,000 babiesTX0.95Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Billye, girls, 1928–1932. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Billye: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Billye, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Billye

How popular is the name Billye?

Billye was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1930, when it ranked 556th with 151 babies. More babies were named Billye in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Billye a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 3,360 girls and 112 boys.

Where was Billye most popular?

In 1928–1932, Billye was most common in Oklahoma (1.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Arkansas.