Is Bill a boy or girl name?
Bill is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 22 boys were named Bill, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.4% of the 161,173 US babies named Bill were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #4,572
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Bill since 1880
- 161,173
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 4,688 babies
Boys and girls named Bill, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 600 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 789 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 1,513 | 10 | 0.7% |
| 1910s | 6,599 | 112 | 1.7% |
| 1920s | 22,289 | 207 | 0.9% |
| 1930s | 32,336 | 187 | 0.6% |
| 1940s | 37,756 | 92 | 0.2% |
| 1950s | 23,878 | 32 | 0.1% |
| 1960s | 25,134 | 52 | 0.2% |
| 1970s | 5,205 | 19 | 0.4% |
| 1980s | 1,815 | 5 | 0.3% |
| 1990s | 1,153 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 845 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 423 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 122 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22 | #4,572 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,617 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,101 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,382 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,658 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,804 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 48 | #2,619 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,844 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,000 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 33 | #3,377 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 47 | #2,584 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 50 | #2,463 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 41 | #2,873 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,802 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 53 | #2,377 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,254 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 73 | #1,950 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 85 | #1,742 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 85 | #1,670 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 86 | #1,596 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 89 | #1,502 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 81 | #1,564 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 74 | #1,621 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 100 | #1,307 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 114 | #1,189 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 100 | #1,242 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 100 | #1,224 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 103 | #1,169 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 116 | #1,049 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 101 | #1,137 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 110 | #1,065 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 145 | #886 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 138 | #900 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 128 | #937 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 112 | #995 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 129 | #886 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 145 | #785 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 137 | #787 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 131 | #792 | 5 | #11,087 |
| 1985 | 176 | #666 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 166 | #674 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 205 | #599 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 244 | #554 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 231 | #562 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 251 | #540 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 273 | #505 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 267 | #497 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 324 | #441 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 364 | #406 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 409 | #385 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 466 | #356 | 6 | #7,787 |
| 1973 | 519 | #330 | 6 | #7,518 |
| 1972 | 686 | #279 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 878 | #253 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 1,019 | #233 | 7 | #6,427 |
| 1969 | 1,075 | #219 | 6 | #6,699 |
| 1968 | 1,161 | #201 | 6 | #6,320 |
| 1967 | 1,275 | #190 | 7 | #5,503 |
| 1966 | 1,556 | #173 | 8 | #4,904 |
| 1965 | 2,060 | #151 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 2,739 | #126 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 3,192 | #113 | 9 | #4,571 |
| 1962 | 3,575 | #108 | 6 | #5,918 |
| 1961 | 4,001 | #104 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1960 | 4,500 | #95 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 4,597 | #93 | 6 | #5,619 |
| 1958 | 4,220 | #99 | 10 | #3,953 |
| 1957 | 3,118 | #123 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 1,957 | #159 | 5 | #6,034 |
| 1955 | 1,656 | #171 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 1,526 | #176 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 1,522 | #176 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 1,588 | #168 | 5 | #5,625 |
| 1951 | 1,653 | #157 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 2,041 | #131 | 6 | #4,784 |
| 1949 | 2,765 | #106 | 9 | #3,644 |
| 1948 | 3,926 | #84 | 8 | #3,918 |
| 1947 | 4,681 | #76 | 7 | #4,389 |
| 1946 | 4,354 | #72 | 10 | #3,245 |
| 1945 | 3,711 | #66 | 8 | #3,417 |
| 1944 | 3,815 | #66 | 11 | #2,784 |
| 1943 | 3,989 | #65 | 7 | #3,842 |
| 1942 | 3,795 | #65 | 9 | #3,212 |
| 1941 | 3,453 | #68 | 12 | #2,550 |
| 1940 | 3,267 | #67 | 11 | #2,584 |
| 1939 | 3,161 | #67 | 9 | #2,945 |
| 1938 | 3,113 | #67 | 7 | #3,482 |
| 1937 | 3,119 | #64 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1936 | 3,166 | #61 | 18 | #1,809 |
| 1935 | 3,282 | #60 | 12 | #2,450 |
| 1934 | 3,534 | #59 | 26 | #1,444 |
| 1933 | 3,222 | #59 | 23 | #1,558 |
| 1932 | 3,362 | #58 | 34 | #1,241 |
| 1931 | 3,217 | #57 | 25 | #1,512 |
| 1930 | 3,160 | #59 | 25 | #1,577 |
| 1929 | 2,947 | #63 | 27 | #1,494 |
| 1928 | 2,977 | #63 | 27 | #1,551 |
| 1927 | 2,863 | #69 | 28 | #1,562 |
| 1926 | 2,643 | #74 | 18 | #2,081 |
| 1925 | 2,381 | #84 | 19 | #2,034 |
| 1924 | 2,067 | #92 | 18 | #2,146 |
| 1923 | 1,833 | #98 | 18 | #2,095 |
| 1922 | 1,675 | #104 | 14 | #2,500 |
| 1921 | 1,482 | #121 | 20 | #1,993 |
| 1920 | 1,421 | #121 | 18 | #2,081 |
| 1919 | 1,196 | #130 | 11 | #2,835 |
| 1918 | 1,038 | #143 | 13 | #2,541 |
| 1917 | 891 | #147 | 16 | #2,111 |
| 1916 | 854 | #147 | 11 | #2,685 |
| 1915 | 746 | #157 | 15 | #2,058 |
| 1914 | 559 | #159 | 18 | #1,549 |
| 1913 | 466 | #156 | 11 | #1,902 |
| 1912 | 347 | #168 | 7 | #2,401 |
| 1911 | 243 | #135 | 5 | #2,512 |
| 1910 | 259 | #124 | 5 | #2,452 |
| 1909 | 205 | #132 | 5 | #2,245 |
| 1908 | 164 | #144 | 5 | #2,149 |
| 1907 | 174 | #138 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 128 | #154 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 147 | #144 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 128 | #149 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 129 | #144 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 138 | #137 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 104 | #152 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 196 | #117 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 83 | #174 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 90 | #175 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 84 | #182 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 86 | #190 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 90 | #175 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 73 | #200 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 71 | #202 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 75 | #201 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 65 | #192 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 72 | #186 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 61 | #208 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 58 | #231 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 63 | #193 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 64 | #208 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 66 | #195 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 82 | #171 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 50 | #215 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 61 | #207 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 42 | #237 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 53 | #221 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Bill reached #57 in 1931. As a girl name, it reached #1,241 in 1932. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1940s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Bill
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.