Bill

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #5,208in 2025
  • 1 in 94,893boys in 2025
  • −39%last ten years

Most popular in 1934.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,7113,42218801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Bill, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880480
1881417
1882537
1883478
1884717
1885612
1886578
1887621
1888480
1889552
1890649
1891642
1892615
1893632
1894631
1895767
1896719
1897745
1898734
1899781
19001,303
1901977
19021,125
19031,082
1904999
19051,111
1906961
19071,185
19081,063
19091,250
19101,334
19111,075
1912807
1913909
1914854
1915879
1916959
1917963
19181,024
19191,220
19201,335
19211,346
19221,539
19231,672
19241,825
19252,134
19262,380
19272,541
19282,687
19292,740
19302,880
19313,095
19323,220
19333,251
19343,422
19353,152
19363,052
19372,924
19382,807
19392,856
19402,818
19412,811
19422,747
19432,795
19442,799
19452,757
19462,681
19472,558
19482,238
19491,559
19501,139
1951878
1952817
1953772
1954748
1955804
1956925
19571,445
19581,989
19592,153
19602,111
19611,883
19621,728
19631,572
19641,374
19651,107
1966872
1967731
1968668
1969601
1970549
1971496
1972423
1973333
1974296
1975262
1976232
1977197
1978163
1979159
1980141
1981129
1982134
1983114
198492
198595
198671
198773
198876
198964
199055
199163
199269
199374
199457
199553
199661
199755
199852
199952
200058
200151
200238
200341
200445
200543
200641
200741
200836
200929
201028
201122
201222
201326
201424
201517
201621
201723
201826
201916
202017
202113
202215
202313
202413
202511

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Bill isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
18
Rank in 2025
#5,208
How rare
1 in 94,893 boys
Since 1880
160,474

Most popular in 1934, at 3,422 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 39% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.