Boy
Bill
Bill is a boy's name, widely recognized, that was at its most popular in the 1940s and is rarely chosen now.
GermanicDiminutive of William
GermanicResolute protector
Births by decade
1900s
1,523
1910s
6,711
1920s
22,499
1930s
32,513
1940s
37,850
1950s
23,911
1960s
25,196
1970s
5,227
1980s
1,820
1990s
1,153
2000s
845
2010s
347
Peaked in the 1940s · 159,595 total U.S. births since 1900