Bill

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bill: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bill: Recorded every year since 1991, it reached #203 in 1998, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
64times a registrar ranked it
35years from first to last
#203highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#938
1997	#613
1998	#1000
1999	#906
2000	#953
2001	#1078
2002	#1322
2003	#1513
2004	#1222
2005	#1534
2006	#1280
2007	#1252
2008	#1511
2009	#2126
2010	#2036
2011	#1688
2012	#1852
2013	#1920
2014	#1560
2015	#2020
2016	#1431
2017	#2052
2018	#3011
2019	#1986
2020	#2404
2021	#1984
2022	#3048
2023	#3112
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1991 to 2025.

In 2024: #430 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2921 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1991–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1991
First recorded at #288 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1991 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1991–2025
Highest recorded position: #203 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1991–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Bill appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 35 years beginning in 1991, and has registered 286 births with the name.

Bill across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Bill's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#288 (1991)	#203 (1998)	#676 (2025)	35 of 35	286 (1991–2025)	14 (2006)
England and Wales · Boys	#938 (1996)	#613 (1997)	#2921 (2024)	29 of 29	364 (1996–2024)	27 (1997)

Bill by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bill in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	55	9 of 10	6
2000s	86	10 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	103	10 of 10	10
2020s	42	6 of 10	7

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Bill appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1991 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #203 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Bill's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1560	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1252	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1222	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1078	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#953	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#906	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1000	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#613	27	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#938	15	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#380	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#414	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	10	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#376	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	11	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#352	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#455	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#328	12	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	10	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	14	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#343	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#297	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#206	11	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	8	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1991 and 2025, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #203, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 5 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Billal · #1330, 20y
Billie · #33, 35y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jeff · #203, 31y
Aengus · #200, 38y
Elton · #200, 31y
Deanna · #207, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kaden · #203, 29y
Hamzah · #202, 29y
Meadbh · #202, 20y
Ryley · #204, 29y

Bill was ranked #203 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Bill and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bill without appearing here.

Bill moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #4270.
Brent Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2126 and #1981 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2036 and #2941.

Moved ahead of Bill

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #1609.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #2018.
Tadhg Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1560 and #1630 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2020 and #996.

Moved the opposite way to Bill

Alex Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bill went from #288 to #676 while Alex went from #148 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bill went from #288 to #676 while Alexander went from #113 to #55.
Ben Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bill went from #288 to #676 while Ben went from #105 to #40.
Callum Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bill went from #288 to #676 while Callum went from #230 to #49.

Moved the same way as Bill

Adrian Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bill went from #288 to #676 and Adrian from #73 to #348.
Denis Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bill went from #288 to #676 and Denis from #68 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bill went from #288 to #676 and Edward from #61 to #125.
Francis Compare
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bill went from #288 to #676 and Francis from #78 to #309.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1991 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #203 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bill

Bill at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bill across 2 official records

Bill by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Bill appears in

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Bill across 2 official records

Bill by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Bill appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Bill moved ahead of

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