Joab
- #2,304 for boys in 2025, 60 births
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 60 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,000since 1965
Joab over time
Rank among boys' names. Joab has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,304 | 60 |
| 2024 | #2,835 | 45 |
| 2023 | #3,055 | 40 |
| 2022 | #3,003 | 41 |
| 2021 | #2,918 | 42 |
| 2020 | #4,020 | 25 |
| 2019 | #3,571 | 31 |
| 2018 | #3,446 | 32 |
| 2017 | #3,678 | 29 |
| 2016 | #3,596 | 30 |
| 2015 | #3,365 | 33 |
| 2014 | #4,263 | 23 |
| 2013 | #3,122 | 35 |
| 2012 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #4,509 | 21 |
| 2010 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #4,145 | 24 |
| 2007 | #3,444 | 31 |
| 2006 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #4,264 | 20 |
| 2003 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #3,794 | 22 |
| 2001 | #4,676 | 16 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
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| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
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| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Joab! It came in at #3,537, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1972, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Joab is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#927 · 1 in 6,128
- Florida#1,478 · 1 in 13,648
- Texas#2,285 · 1 in 29,175
Best ever in a state: #927 in Tennessee, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| Florida | #1,478 | 7 | 1 in 13,648 |
| Texas | #2,285 | 6 | 1 in 29,175 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Joab
- 531 spots since 2024 (#2,835 → #2,304)
- 1,716 spots since 2020 (#4,020 → #2,304)
- 1,061 spots since 2015 (#3,365 → #2,304)
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 2025 at #2,304 (60 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 28,468 boys born in 2025 were named Joab (0.00%)
- 26.7% of all boys named Joab (267) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #3,537 (1965) | #3,537 |
| 1970s | 46 | #3,724 (1976) | #4,808 |
| 1980s | 77 | #4,333 (1985) | #4,978 |
| 1990s | 149 | #3,813 (1991) | #4,169 |
| 2000s | 202 | #3,444 (2007) | #4,385 |
| 2010s | 267 | #3,122 (2013) | #4,028 |
| 2020s | 253 | #2,304 (2025) | #3,023 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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