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Baby name
Bill
Boy
Origin of the name
Bill is a short form of William.
Classic name
160,474births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 76rank at its peak, in 1947
Where babies named Bill are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Bill is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Bill is most common in Oklahoma (3.6 times), Wyoming (3) and Montana (2.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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