Billy-Joe

maleStatistical record

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

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

Billy-Joe: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #976, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#976highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#976
1997	#1113
1998	#1000
1999	#1383
2000	#1425
2001	#1135
2002	#2005
2003	#2857
2004	#2070
2005	#1716
2006	#1892
2007	#1885
2008	#1953
2009	#2544
2010	#1551
2011	#2390
2012	#1589
2013	#1796
2014	#1935
2015	#1327
2016	#1627
2017	#1470
2018	#1610
2019	#1439
2020	#1379
2021	#1688
2022	#1420
2023	#1906
2024	#1951

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year 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 #976 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #976 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Billy-Joe by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Billy-Joe in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	49	4 of 10	12
2000s	85	10 of 10	9
2010s	144	10 of 10	14
2020sbusiest	74	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Billy-Joe 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: #976 in England and Wales in 1996.

Billy-Joe'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	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1420	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1439	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1551	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1000	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1113	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #976, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,951position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
19births registered in its largest year, 2015Under 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.

Grady · #976, 24y
Jobe · #976, 28y
Kwabena · #976, 28y
Saim · #976, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Grady · #976, 24y
Ho · #976, 16y
Jobe · #976, 28y
Kwabena · #976, 28y

Billy-Joe was ranked #976 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. 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.

Billy-Joe 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 Billy-Joe without appearing here.

Billy-Joe moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2390 and #1909 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1589 and #3039.
Brent Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2544 and #1981 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1551 and #2941.
Barry Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2390 and #2039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1589 and #2721.

Moved ahead of Billy-Joe

Markus Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1135 and #1202 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2005 and #805.
Mathias Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1551 and #1620 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2390 and #1209.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1135 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2005 and #848.
Ronny Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1135 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2857 and #1962.

Moved the opposite way to Billy-Joe

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Billy-Joe went from #976 to #1951 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Billy-Joe went from #976 to #1951 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Billy-Joe went from #976 to #1951 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Billy-Joe went from #976 to #1951 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Billy-Joe

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Billy-Joe went from #976 to #1951 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Billy-Joe went from #976 to #1951 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Billy-Joe went from #976 to #1951 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Billy-Joe went from #976 to #1951 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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: #976 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Billy-Joe

Billy-Joe at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Billy-Joe by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Billy-Joe appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Billy-Joe at a glance

Billy-Joe by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Billy-Joe appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Billy-Joe

Billy-Joe and the names beside it

Billy-Joe moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Billy-Joe

Moved the opposite way to Billy-Joe

Moved the same way as Billy-Joe