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Billie

Gender
Girl
Say it
BIL-ee
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#148 for girls
US rank, 2025
#691 for girls

Billie is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “resolute protector”. In 2025 it ranked 148th for girls in the UK (378 babies) and 691st for girls in the US (409 babies).

What does Billie mean?

Germanic: pet form of William

“resolute protector”

Borne by jazz singer Billie Holiday, whose birth name was Eleanora Fagan.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Billie a girl's or a boy's name?

Billie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 378 girls and 5 boys in the UK and 409 girls and 13 boys in the US.

How popular is Billie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
148th among girls
Babies in 2025
378 about 1 in 740 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 68% in five years
Same name in a class
1.9% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 378 girls in the UK were named Billie, making it the 148th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 207th. 5 boys were also named Billie in 2025 (3,747th for boys).

2025 had the most girls named Billie of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Billie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 151st in England and Wales, 100th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 378 in 20252025
Billie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025378#148
2024328#176
2023341#169
2022272#206
2021249#227
2020261#207
2019201#268
2018160#325
2017165#326
2016137#373
2015116#432
2014111#435
2013110#427
2012100#485
201173#608
2010106#448
200983#525
200880#531
2007107#424
2006144#334
2005135#332
2004117#363
2003135#317
2002124#325
2001126#316
2000169#269
1999215#224
1998207#231
1997196#234
1996258#186

How popular is Billie in the US?

Rank in 2025
691st among girls
Babies in 2025
409 about 1 in 3,900 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 83% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 409 girls in the US were named Billie, making it the 691st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,009th. Its busiest year was 1930, with 3,241 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886. 13 boys were also named Billie in 2025 (6,442nd for boys).

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had more girls named Billie than any year since 1983.

Half of all the girls named Billie in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 423 girls in the US were given Billie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #681, up from #691 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 60% of the babies named Billie in the US in 1893, and 97% in 2025.

1886Busiest: 3,241 in 19302025
Billie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025409#691
2024406#695
2023309#866
2022285#950
2021280#942
2020251#1,009
2019213#1,133
2018150#1,461
2017117#1,779
201697#2,033
201598#2,012
2014123#1,706
2013110#1,834
201291#2,095
201186#2,190
201073#2,514
200980#2,395
200889#2,218
2007105#1,957
200695#2,069
200585#2,159
200498#1,908
2003127#1,525
2002116#1,593
2001143#1,339
2000146#1,303
1999174#1,128
1998198#1,006
1997213#929
1996202#949
1995229#852
1994241#832
1993217#888
1992220#890
1991212#908
1990235#835
1989232#814
1988289#667
1987285#660
1986283#650
1985331#588
1984387#509
1983520#416
1982514#426
1981667#352
1980802#306
1979819#292
1978785#294
1977843#285
19761,000#238
19751,011#243
19741,132#227
19731,092#235
19721,077#250
19711,113#263
19701,104#271
1969822#312
1968815#307
1967858#293
1966720#329
1965723#336
1964897#307
1963660#379
1962654#368
1961733#353
1960783#336
1959832#325
1958863#306
1957990#280
19561,125#250
19551,092#250
19541,279#225
19531,333#219
19521,389#208
19511,420#204
19501,315#204
19491,356#202
19481,547#178
19471,652#175
19461,635#164
19451,556#152
19441,763#142
19431,994#138
19421,829#143
19411,554#149
19401,485#149
19391,537#149
19381,746#139
19371,937#126
19361,990#117
19352,248#106
19342,559#92
19332,483#92
19322,635#93
19312,921#81
19303,241#79
19293,191#79
19282,777#96
19272,550#109
19262,170#122
19251,828#141
19241,599#158
19231,245#177
19221,105#190
19211,104#190
1920902#212
1919790#222
1918709#239
1917618#249
1916565#257
1915468#271
1914326#292
1913289#274
1912258#283
1911169#305
1910165#302
1909144#297
1908139#301
1907118#319
1906127#292
1905112#319
190467#397
190383#346
190270#378
190152#414
190076#381
189927#593
189843#472
189728#567
189641#453
189523#638
189418#697
189318#687
189215#762
189111#839
18909#940
188913#724
18886#1,136
18877#937
18868#828

Names like Billie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Bonnie, Frankie, Annie, Bobbie, Connie, Rosie, Hattie, Betsy, Winnie, Dottie, Nellie, Alice

Other spellings of Billie

Billy

Names related to Billie

Bailie, Baillie, Billi

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles

Every Germanic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Billie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/billie, updated 20 October 2026.