Billion
Boy · BIL-yun · English
Billion is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “a thousand million”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Billion mean?
English: English word, from French
“a thousand million”
- Say it
- BIL-yun
Is Billion a girl's or a boy's name?
Billion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Billion in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Billion, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2014.
2025 had fewer boys named Billion than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Billion in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Billion in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
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