Billie
Pronounced B IH1 L IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1930
- 139 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Billie?
Billie is a girls' name, and first appears in 1886. It has been given to 108,669 children — the 339th most common girls' name on record.
It peaked in 1930, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1930, when 3,407 children were given it.
Billy is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Billie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Billy
Nicknames
Billie is itself a short form of Wilhelmina.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- B IH1 L IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Billie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Billie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Billie?
- Billie ranks 339th among girls' names in US records, with 108,669 births since 1886. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,275.
- Is Billie a unisex name?
- No. Billie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Billie most popular?
- 1930, when 3,407 children were given the name. It has been in use for 139 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Billie spelled?
- Billy. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.