Meaning and history
Billy is a diminutive of Bill. Notable bearers include the American outlaw Billy the Kid (1859–1881), whose real name was William H. Bonney, as well as filmmaker Billy Wilder (1906–2002), actor Billy Crystal (1948–), and musician Billy Joel (1949–).
20062006: 566 births, rank #471
2007: 546 births, rank #486
2008: 460 births, rank #565
2009: 443 births, rank #591
2010: 391 births, rank #624
20112011: 397 births, rank #611
2012: 356 births, rank #664
2013: 349 births, rank #685
2014: 288 births, rank #795
2015: 282 births, rank #810
20162016: 261 births, rank #863
2017: 268 births, rank #829
2018: 262 births, rank #846
2019: 245 births, rank #890
2020: 212 births, rank #999
20212021: 208 births, rank #1,037
2022: 221 births, rank #1,007
2023: 195 births, rank #1,096
2024: 210 births, rank #1,050
20252025: 203 births, rank #1,068
Billy moved from #891 to #999 for boys between 2019 and 2020. Its highest annual birth count came in 1934, with 9,562 births.