Billy

maleStatistical record

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

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

Billy: Recorded since 1970, its highest recorded position is #39, reached in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
114times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#39highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Billy's record

Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 20 years. Names by sustained share
Moved 170 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2019

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
1998	#2407
1999	#3900
2007	#4294
2015	#5730
2019	#5591

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 45 of the 56 years from 1970 to 2025.

In 2025: #39 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #44 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1970–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1970
First recorded at #305 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1970–2025
Highest recorded position: #39 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025 (recorded 1970–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #44 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Billy appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 45 years beginning in 1970, and has registered 2,089 births with the name.

Billy across 5 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.

Billy'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	#305 (1970)	#39 (2025)	#39 (2025)	45 of 56	2,089 (1970–2025)	128 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#71 (1996)	#68 (1998)	#127 (2024)	29 of 29	18,608 (1996–2024)	955 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#240 (1998)	#169 (2015)	#256 (2024)	27 of 27	208 (1998–2024)	14 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#3174 (1997)	#2407 (1998)	#5591 (2019)	6 of 23	23 (1997–2019)	6 (1998)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#75 (2021)	#44 (2025)	#44 (2025)	5 of 5	620 (2021–2025)	152 (2025)

Billy 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 Billy in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	7	2 of 10	4
1980s	28	7 of 10	4
1990s	104	10 of 10	10
2000s	469	10 of 10	47
2010s	817	10 of 10	82
2020sbusiest	664	6 of 10	111

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 111 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2003 and 2004, when recorded births rose by 29, from 25 to 54.

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

Billy 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 6 regions, from 1970 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #39 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Billy'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	#127	434	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#108	484	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#124	445	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#128	446	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#122	458	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#130	432	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#140	407	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#124	468	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#127	485	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#120	534	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#122	516	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#112	531	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#110	574	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#106	611	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#101	667	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#103	617	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#98	678	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#89	786	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#82	825	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#71	955	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#71	899	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#84	703	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#81	709	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#78	730	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#76	706	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#71	815	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#68	894	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#70	885	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#71	914	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	152	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	male	#65	118	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	male	#69	120	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	male	#75	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	male	#86	50	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#256	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#207	10	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#176	13	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#193	10	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#197	11	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#204	10	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#279	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#169	14	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#228	9	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#208	10	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#224	9	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#187	12	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#255	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#188	10	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#192	9	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#219	6	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#263	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#218	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#244	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#241	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#240	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#39	122	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#56	102	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#55	108	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#49	128	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#69	99	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#63	105	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#75	87	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#81	86	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#74	95	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#77	91	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#79	97	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#95	81	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#110	66	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#100	76	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	77	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#122	61	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	67	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#98	78	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#120	54	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#107	59	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	61	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#109	54	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	25	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#138	30	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#145	25	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	16	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	23	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	17	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	15	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	8	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#248	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#260	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#234	17	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1970 and 2025, ranked in 45 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #39, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 26 years, 13 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 955 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 54 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.

Billie-Rae · #2195, 16y
Billie-Rose · #2058, 16y
Billy-Jay · #2754, 13y
Billy-Joe · #976, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Angus · #35, 50y
Keira · #33, 49y
Jessie · #46, 42y
Reuben · #32, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Shay · #39, 39y
Tessa · #38, 42y
Jared · #41, 51y
Rebekah · #37, 45y

Billy was ranked #39 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2025. 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.

Billy 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 Billy without appearing here.

Billy moved ahead of

Phillip Compare
In 2000 they stood at #188 and #188 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #145 and #409.
Dean Compare
In 2014 they stood at #228 and #228 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #169 and #415.
Craig Compare
In 2007 they stood at #255 and #199 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #187 and #378.
Colin Compare
In 2012 they stood at #311 and #273 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #208 and #398.

Moved ahead of Billy

Amalie Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2407 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #2770.
Cooper Compare
In 2010 they stood at #267 and #303 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #291 and #188.
Harry Compare
In 1983 they stood at #258 and #282 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1984 that had become #318 and #250.
Brodie Compare
In 2015 they stood at #169 and #314 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #232 and #190.

Moved the opposite way to Billy

Adrian Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Billy went from #305 to #39 while Adrian went from #52 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Billy went from #305 to #39 while Alan went from #13 to #232.
Andreas Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Billy went from #305 to #39 while Andreas went from #251 to #829.
Andrew Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Billy went from #305 to #39 while Andrew went from #36 to #106.

Moved the same way as Billy

Arthur Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Billy went from #305 to #39 and Arthur from #157 to #57.
Cian Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Billy went from #305 to #39 and Cian from #235 to #33.
Cillian Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Billy went from #305 to #39 and Cillian from #305 to #9.
Evan Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Billy went from #305 to #39 and Evan from #251 to #80.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 6 regions, from 1970 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #39 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Billy

Billy at a glance

What stands out in Billy's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Billy across 5 official records

Billy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Billy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Billy and the names beside it

Billy moved ahead of

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Billy at a glance

What stands out in Billy's record

Billy across 5 official records

Billy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Billy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Billy

Billy and the names beside it

Billy moved ahead of

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