Billie-Rae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BIL-ee-RAY
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
Billie-Rae is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “resolute protector + ewe”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies).
What does Billie-Rae mean?
Germanic: Billie + Rae
“resolute protector + ewe”
Joins Billie (Germanic, “resolute protector”) and Rae (Hebrew, “ewe”).
Meanings borrowed from Billie and Rae.
Is Billie-Rae a girl's or a boy's name?
Billie-Rae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Billie-Rae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Billie-Rae, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 12 girls.
2025 had more girls named Billie-Rae than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Billie-Rae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 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 2,438th in England and Wales.
Billie-Rae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Names like Billie-Rae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ottilie, Elodie, Bonnie, Harriet, Lottie, Adeline, Ada, Annie, Beatrice, Rosie, Billie, Marnie
Names related to Billie-Rae
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). 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-Rae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/billie-rae, updated 20 October 2026.