UK boy's name
Billy-Joe
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.
Billy-Joe is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Billy-Joe popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #1951, with 12 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2015, with 19 births.
This profile covers 352 England and Wales registrations across 29 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, 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 63% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 349 living people in the UK are called Billy-Joe. 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
- • Billy-Joe ranked #1951 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 12 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2015, when 19 boys were registered as Billy-Joe.
- • About 349 living people in the UK are estimated to have Billy-Joe as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#1951
2024
Births in 2024
12
Latest year
Peak year
2015
19 births
Estimated living
349
2026
Popularity
Billy-Joe over time
The chart below shows babies named Billy-Joe 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 Billy-Joe, the clearest high point is 2015. The latest England and Wales figure is 12 births in 2024, compared with 19 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Billy-Joe by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Billy-Joe 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 | #1669 | 74 | 5 |
| 2010s | #1673 | 144 | 10 |
| 2000s | #1948 | 85 | 10 |
| 1990s | #1118 | 49 | 4 |
Related
Names similar to Billy-Joe
- Benjamin 90,412
- Ben 36,356
- Bradley 30,230
- Brandon 26,411
- Billy 18,608
- Bobby 16,904
- Blake 16,337
- Bailey 16,014
- Brody 7,230
- Beau 6,722
- Barnaby 5,284
- Brodie 4,801
FAQ
Billy-Joe: questions and answers
How popular is the name Billy-Joe in the UK right now?
In 2024, Billy-Joe was ranked #1951 for boys in England and Wales, with 12 births registered.
When was Billy-Joe most popular?
The peak year on record was 2015, with 19 babies registered as Billy-Joe in England and Wales.
How many people are called Billy-Joe in the UK?
A total of 352 babies have been registered as Billy-Joe across the 29 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here.
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.