Italian American

I'm watching My Cousin Vinny for the 54,012th time this week, and I must say I'm surprised they gave Ralph Macchio's character the All-American name "Billy" and not the "oooh, isn't he in-your-face Italian!" name  of "Tony."  I mean, he thinks he gets busted for stealing canned tuna fish, which surely would've rankled you-know-who.