Billy-Joe
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BIL-ee-JOH
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
Billy-Joe is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “resolute protector + he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies).
What does Billy-Joe mean?
Modern: combination of Billy and Joe
“resolute protector + he will add”
Joe is a short form of Joseph, from the Hebrew for 'he will add'.
Is Billy-Joe a girl's or a boy's name?
Billy-Joe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Billy-Joe in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Billy-Joe, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Billy-Joe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Billy-Joe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,462 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,062 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,021 |
Names like Billy-Joe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Theodore Jesse Albie George Tobias Elias Robin Elijah Tommy Jax Arthur Rory
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Billy-Joe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/billy-joe, updated 20 October 2026.