Billie-Jean

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Billie-Jean: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Billie-Jean: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,167 in 2000, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2167highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#3174
1998	#3848
1999	#3900
2000	#2167
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2003	#2727
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2007	#4294
2008	#5545
2009	#3936
2010	#4688
2011	#5785
2014	#4684
2015	#5730
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 18 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2167 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Billie-Jean by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Billie-Jean in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	4 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	38	9 of 10	4
2010s	14	4 of 10	4
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Billie-Jean appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2167 in England and Wales in 2000.

Billie-Jean's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,167, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
10 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2000Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Akua · #2167, 22y
Bridey · #2167, 16y
Lyric · #2167, 20y
Gurkirat · #2165, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Akua · #2167, 22y
Amaarah · #2167, 26y
Bridey · #2167, 16y
Lyric · #2167, 20y

Billie-Jean and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Billie-Jean without appearing here.

Billie-Jean moved ahead of

Josefine Compare
In 2008 they stood at #5545 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3936 and #5556.
George Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5545 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4688 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Billie-Jean

Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3936 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2636.
Ezra Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4688 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #3185.
Shea Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2167 and #2746 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1728.
Aria Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2167 and #2416 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1870.

Moved the opposite way to Billie-Jean

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jean went from #2350 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jean went from #2350 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jean went from #2350 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jean went from #2350 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Billie-Jean

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jean went from #2350 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jean went from #2350 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jean went from #2350 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jean went from #2350 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2167 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Billie-Jean

Billie-Jean at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Billie-Jean by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Billie-Jean appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Billie-Jean and the names beside it

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Billie-Jean at a glance

Billie-Jean by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Billie-Jean appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Billie-Jean and the names beside it

Billie-Jean moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Billie-Jean

Moved the opposite way to Billie-Jean

Moved the same way as Billie-Jean