Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Billy

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

Endangered Down 97.8% from peak

Peak era

1934

Peak rank proxy

9,562

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19342024

Peak year

1934

Decline from peak

97.8%

2024

210

All-time

384,025

Billy 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 1934, when 9,562 boys were named Billy.

In 2024, only 210 boys were given the name.

Down 97.8% from its peak.

All told, about 384,025 Americans have been named Billy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.8% from peak

In 1934:9,562 boys named Billy

In 2024:210 boys named Billy

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