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Its wave through time Fading since the 1900s
In the United States 0 5 10 15 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1900 per 100,000 babies of that sex 2,273 babies given this name since 1882 At its height in 1900, about 1 in 8,300 girls Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020 Names worth a look Billy Boy A pet form of William, from Germanic wil 'will, desire' + helm 'helmet, protection'. Victorian · peak 1934 Blake Girl or boy From an English surname from Old English blæc 'black, dark' or blāc 'pale, shining'; the two words cannot be told… Modern · peak 2012 Billie Girl or boy A pet form of William (and for girls of Wilhelmina), from Germanic wil 'will, desire' + helm 'helmet, protection'. Victorian · peak 1930 Bailey Girl or boy From an English surname for a bailiff, from Old French bailli, or for someone living by a city wall (a bailey). Modern · peak 1998 Blanche Girl From Old French blanche 'white, fair'. Middle Ages · peak 1889 Beulah Girl From Hebrew be'ulah 'married', the name given to the restored land of Israel in Isaiah 62:4. Victorian · peak 1901 · forgotten Belinda Girl Uncertain. It appears in English literature from the late 17th century and was used by Alexander Pope in The Rape of… Revolutions · peak 1961 · forgotten Bella Girl A short form of Isabella (a form of Elizabeth, Hebrew Elisheva 'my God is an oath'), coinciding with Italian bella… Victorian · peak 2010 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.