UK girl's name
Billie-Jo
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Billie-Jo is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Billie-Jo popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3695, with 6 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1998, with 79 births.
This profile covers 745 England and Wales registrations across 28 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, NRS Scotland and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 8% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 791 living people in the UK are called Billie-Jo. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Billie-Jo ranked #3695 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 6 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1998, when 79 girls were registered as Billie-Jo.
- • Billie-Jo ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #439 in 2008.
- • About 791 living people in the UK are estimated to have Billie-Jo as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3695
2024
Births in 2024
6
Latest year
Peak year
1998
79 births
Estimated living
791
2026
Popularity
Billie-Jo over time
The chart below shows babies named Billie-Jo registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Billie-Jo, the clearest high point is 1998. The latest England and Wales figure is 6 births in 2024, compared with 79 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Billie-Jo by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Billie-Jo was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #3120 | 32 | 4 |
| 2010s | #2111 | 132 | 10 |
| 2000s | #966 | 315 | 10 |
| 1990s | #458 | 266 | 4 |
Geography
Where Billie-Jo is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Billie-Jo. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Billie-Jo ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #439 in 2008.
Across the UK
Billie-Jo in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#744 in 2007
9 years of NRS records, 35 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#439 in 2008
5 years of NISRA records, 16 total registered
Related
Names similar to Billie-Jo
- Bethany 43,226
- Brooke 18,370
- Bella 14,112
- Bonnie 12,149
- Beatrice 11,306
- Bethan 7,968
- Beth 6,440
- Betsy 5,065
- Beatrix 4,317
- Billie 4,220
- Beau 3,231
- Bryony 3,167
FAQ
Billie-Jo: questions and answers
How popular is the name Billie-Jo in the UK right now?
In 2024, Billie-Jo was ranked #3695 for girls in England and Wales, with 6 births registered.
When was Billie-Jo most popular?
The peak year on record was 1998, with 79 babies registered as Billie-Jo in England and Wales.
How many people are called Billie-Jo in the UK?
A total of 745 babies have been registered as Billie-Jo across the 28 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 35 more in Scotland and 16 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Billie-Jo most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Billie-Jo ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #439 in 2008. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.