Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Bill

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Bill
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.5% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

4,681

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

99.5%

2024

All-time

160,457

Bill once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 4,681 boys were named Bill.

In 2024, only 22 boys were given the name.

Down 99.5% from its peak.

All told, about 160,457 Americans have been named Bill and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.5% from peak

In 1947:4,681 boys named Bill

In 2024:22 boys named Bill

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