Billie

Billie is a unisex given name: about 24% of people named Billie are men and 76% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 24%Female 76%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 24% male / 76% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Great Britain
US births since 1880: 31,569 male / 101,352 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Billie

To address Billie when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Billie," in English, "Guten Tag Billie," in German. About 24% of people named Billie are men and 76% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Billie,

German

Guten Tag Billie,

French

Bonjour Billie,

Spanish

Estimado/a Billie:

Chinese

Billie您好：

Japanese

Billie様

English

Hi Billie,

German

Hi Billie,

French

Salut Billie,

Spanish

Hola Billie,

Chinese

Billie你好：

Japanese

Billieさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Billie by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	very common	woman's name	24%
Great Britain	rare	woman's name	25%

United States birth data

31,569 male · 101,352 female · 132,921 births recorded

Male 24%Female 76%

Since 1980: 14% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Billie a male or female name?

Billie is a unisex given name: about 24% of people named Billie are men and 76% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Billie in an email?

Is Billie a unisex name?

Billie is not a unisex name: 24% of people named Billie are men. Billie leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Billie a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/billie (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_billie,
  title  = {Is Billie a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/billie},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}