Billie-Jo

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Billie-Jo: 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-Jo: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #314, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#314highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#594
1997	#425
1998	#396
1999	#416
2000	#465
2001	#710
2002	#920
2003	#855
2004	#840
2005	#756
2006	#1004
2007	#1656
2008	#1093
2009	#1365
2010	#1731
2011	#1807
2012	#2095
2013	#1774
2014	#2203
2015	#1711
2016	#2757
2017	#2502
2018	#1887
2019	#2643
2020	#2615
2021	#2201
2022	#3970
2024	#3695

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

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2008: #439 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1093 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #594 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 recorded1997–2008
Highest recorded position: #314 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2008).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Billie-Jo appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 745 births with the name.

Billie-Jo across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Billie-Jo's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#594 (1996)	#396 (1998)	#3695 (2024)	28 of 29	745 (1996–2024)	79 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#314 (1997)	#314 (1997)	#439 (2008)	5 of 12	16 (1997–2008)	4 (1997)

Billie-Jo 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-Jo in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	266	4 of 10	67
2000sbusiest	315	10 of 10	32
2010s	132	10 of 10	13
2020s	32	4 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 32 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1996 and 1997, when recorded births rose by 30, from 41 to 71.

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

Billie-Jo appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #314 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Billie-Jo'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1807	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1731	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1365	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1093	27	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1004	28	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#756	38	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#840	32	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#855	30	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#920	25	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#710	35	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#465	64	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#416	75	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#396	79	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#425	71	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#594	41	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#314	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #314, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 79 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 1 year separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Edison · #314, 27y
Saif · #314, 30y
Eavan · #313, 32y
Leeann · #313, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arianne · #314, 29y
Edison · #314, 27y
Elayna · #314, 23y
Saif · #314, 30y

Billie-Jo was ranked #314 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Billie-Jo 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-Jo without appearing here.

Billie-Jo moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #4843.
Karen Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #1773 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #3192.
Katrina Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #1767 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #4192.
Kim Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #4192.

Moved ahead of Billie-Jo

Yvonne Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2201 and #2341 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #1849.
Janice Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2201 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #1948.
Bernadette Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2201 and #2341 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #2178.
Linnea Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2201 and #2711 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #2325.

Moved the opposite way to Billie-Jo

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jo went from #594 to #3695 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jo went from #594 to #3695 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jo went from #594 to #3695 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jo went from #594 to #3695 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Billie-Jo

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jo went from #594 to #3695 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jo went from #594 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jo went from #594 to #3695 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Billie-Jo went from #594 to #3695 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #314 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Billie-Jo across 2 official records

Billie-Jo by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Billie-Jo across 2 official records

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