Problem with wifes name [View All]

[iamtechus]

Wife and I are getting ready to retire and had to order copies of our birth certificates and marriage license in order to apply for social security and my pension.

All of my wife's life she has signed her given name "Billy", but I just found out that her birth certificate says "Billie". She had never had a copy of her birth certificate and her semi-literate mother had told her that her name was B-i-l-l-y. All the other important documents in her life have this (incorrect) spelling and she went through life suffering jokes about her male name but no other real problems until now.

Is this discrepancy going to cause us any problems with SS, pension, life insurance etc.? How do we correct it.