William - Billy?

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My OH was a traditional family name for our son, am 26 weeks pregnant and cannot come to agreement on a name..i like Beau and he doesnt, he really wants Arthur after his grandad - but i don't like it and cannot imagine calling our boy something we didnt agree on.
However i have compromised on William (a family name) and having Billy for short.....
How common is Billy for a baby boy?

I have a William (2yo) and we seem to meet a lot of other boys similar ages called William/Will so think it's quite popular at the moment - haven't met any Billy's though :)

I have a girl Billie and there are no other boys or girls in her nursery, and none in my elder child's class with the same name. Have a look on the stats website. Even if there are not many now, there is no guarantee it will not trend. I love it.

I've got a William who's Billy he's 11mo and I've not met another in his age group yet.

I have a William who's a Blue (used to be called WillaBaloobyBabyBoy which got shortened to Blue - it's obvious now isn't it??!). Dh likes Billy but it's never really suited ds.

I like it. I don't know any little Williams or Billys and we live in Central London.

William is a great name with a good selection of nicknames too. I don't know of any baby Billys.

I know a lot of Williams but no Billys.

when we had DS1 that was our other name choice. He was very nearly William nn Billy. Instead we went with Fabian. So I think it's a fab name!

I have one :) and there must be at least one more on mn as the nn billysmum was taken
There are plenty of Williams we know but ours is the only Billy in his age group (he's 2) I know a uni aged Billy and a grown up one (Bill) who are both Williams. I love it , he's sometimes Bill instead of Billy but he's never William, I just don't think of him as a William although that's on his birth certificate.

William was on our list, would have been Bill. It's a lovely name and has lots of flexibility for nicknames which I consider important.

Our friends have a 3 year old William who is only known as Billy.

I had an uncle billy. He was lovely and very funny.

I really like it and it's not too common. Most Williams I know are will not billy.

Of the Williams I know none are called Billy

terribly biased as i have one but think it's a great name. Know a couple of other Williams but only one other Billy in our quite wide children circle. My Billy is 4. Actually his middle name is Arthur which was my dad's name. Think they go really well?

I hate it but only as its FIL's name and I really don't like him. Ironically, before I met him, I did like it as I do really like Billy as a nn. So I would go for it!

I have a William who's a Billy
He's nearly 4.

I don't know of any others, certainly not in his nursery or the adjoining primary school, although I have occasionally heard other mums shout for their Billy's at soft plays, parks etc. Hardly ever though - like maybe 4 times.

I must admit I wasn't that keen on it at first but he suits it so much! It's pretty cute, plus he can be known as William if he gets a terribly serious and important job when he grows up

My 8yo is a William. Fully intended for him to be William on the birth certificate but was going to call him Billy. But when he was born he just didn't look like a Billy!

A few people call him Wills but other than that he's just known as William xx

Billy is a much better nickname than Willy!

Although where does the 'B' come from in the name William ?

Although Silly Billy might be tempting for silly schoolboys...?

Love it, it was my grandad's name and was top of our list if we'd had a boy.

I know two, a 19 yo who is known as Will and a 6 yo who is known as William.

I know three Billys the same age as DS (12mo). I also know a few teenage Billys so imagine it's pretty constantly popular. I do love it though :)