Billy

Meaning and origin of Billy

Popularity of Billy in France since 1986

• It peaked in 1991.
• Over recent years, Billy has been rising fast (+14.5% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Billy every 40 schools, all spellings combined.

Billy in English-speaking countries

Billy ranks 51^st in Ireland, 79^th in New Zealand and 112^th in England and Wales, against 661^st in France.

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  51^st boys’ name332 babies in 3 years1 boy in 216+6.2% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  79^th boys’ name154 babies in 3 years1 boy in 320+10.9% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  112^th boys’ name1,399 babies in 3 years1 boy in 591+3.4% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  241^st boys’ name24 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,061

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  225^th boys’ name55 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,090

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  1,079^th boys’ name608 babies in 3 years1 boy in 8,456−2.6% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  1,399^th boys’ name14 babies in 3 years1 boy in 12,139

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada).

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Bili5
• Billi5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Billy

• Baudouin
• Swan
• Swann
• Lyham
• Nelson
• Edward
• Taylor
• Thibaut
• Kenny
• Jimmy
• Bruno
• Henry

See also

• →French names of Germanic origin