Fun Facts About the Name Billion
- 112 babies named Billion: U.S. records list 112 babies given the name Billion from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Billion Mean?
Billion is a rare modern given name that matches the English number word billion, and it has no inherited meaning separate from that word. The word came into English from French, where it was formed from bi-, meaning "two," and the ending of million. Its literal sense was therefore "a second million," that is, a million million. That value, now usually called the long scale, was the older European meaning; in the United States the word shifted to the short scale, in which a billion is a thousand million. Because the name repeats the number word, any broader meaning attached to it, such as "a very great number" or "abundance," is a later association rather than part of the word's etymology.
Billion Name History & Origins
The word billion belongs to French mathematical writing of the late 1400s, where forms such as byllion were used for the second power of a million, alongside tryllion for the third. English took the word over in the 17th century with the same long-scale sense, and the short-scale value of a thousand million later became standard in the United States. That recorded history belongs to the number word rather than to a personal name, and the two should not be confused.
Billion also appears as a family name in France and among families of French descent in North America, where the spelling Billon is more common; surnames of this shape have more than one possible source and are not necessarily related to one another. As a first name, Billion is uncommon and shows up mainly in English-speaking countries, but the available evidence does not establish whether it was taken from the number word or from the surname.
How Popular is the Name Billion?
Billion has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #5,042 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,029 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #5,921 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #7,343 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #5,042 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2021 | #6,371 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #8,161 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #5,842 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #7,693 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #9,820 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #12,320 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Billion Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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