Joao
- #1,466 for boys in 2025, 121 births
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 135 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,353since 1918
Joao over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Joao has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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 | #1,466 | 121 |
| 2024 | #1,387 | 135 |
| 2023 | #1,623 | 107 |
| 2022 | #1,737 | 96 |
| 2021 | #1,915 | 79 |
| 2020 | #1,922 | 76 |
| 2019 | #2,421 | 55 |
| 2018 | #2,325 | 57 |
| 2017 | #2,217 | 60 |
| 2016 | #2,477 | 51 |
| 2015 | #2,864 | 41 |
| 2014 | #2,542 | 48 |
| 2013 | #2,955 | 38 |
| 2012 | #3,002 | 38 |
| 2011 | #2,852 | 41 |
| 2010 | #3,128 | 36 |
| 2009 | #2,287 | 57 |
| 2008 | #2,186 | 61 |
| 2007 | #2,765 | 43 |
| 2006 | #2,082 | 63 |
| 2005 | #1,983 | 63 |
| 2004 | #2,376 | 47 |
| 2003 | #2,620 | 38 |
| 2002 | #2,068 | 52 |
| 2001 | #1,743 | 65 |
| 2000 | #2,330 | 41 |
| 1999 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 31 |
| 1997 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1993 | #2,865 | 24 |
| 1992 | #2,412 | 30 |
| 1991 | #2,915 | 22 |
| 1990 | #2,488 | 27 |
| 1989 | #2,245 | 30 |
| 1988 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #1,996 | 27 |
| 1980 | #1,910 | 29 |
| 1979 | #1,788 | 31 |
| 1978 | #1,913 | 26 |
| 1977 | #1,823 | 28 |
| 1976 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #1,886 | 24 |
| 1973 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #1,784 | 25 |
| 1970 | #2,058 | 19 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
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| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
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| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
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| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
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| 1921 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #2,543 | 11 |
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First appearance
1918
The first year at least five boys were named Joao! It came in at #2,543, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1967, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Joao is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Connecticut#382 · 1 in 1,887
- Massachusetts#438 · 1 in 2,456
- New Jersey#766 · 1 in 4,971
- Indiana#949 · 1 in 6,333
- Virginia#1,089 · 1 in 7,451
Best ever in a state: #269 in Massachusetts, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #382 | 7 | 1 in 1,887 |
| Massachusetts | #438 | 11 | 1 in 2,456 |
| New Jersey | #766 | 8 | 1 in 4,971 |
| Indiana | #949 | 5 | 1 in 6,333 |
| Virginia | #1,089 | 5 | 1 in 7,451 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,094 | 6 | 1 in 8,710 |
| Texas | #1,217 | 17 | 1 in 10,297 |
| California | #1,241 | 15 | 1 in 11,698 |
| New York | #1,410 | 7 | 1 in 12,060 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 79 spots since 2024 (#1,387 → #1,466)
- 456 spots since 2020 (#1,922 → #1,466)
Rise & fade · boys
106 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 2024 at #1,387 (135 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,762
- Highest: 1 in 12,762 boys born in 2024 were named Joao (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,116 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 26.1% of all boys named Joao (614) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 19 | #2,543 (1918) | #2,829 |
| 1920s | 20 | #4,197 (1925) | #4,261 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,798 (1953) | #3,798 |
| 1960s | 14 | #3,107 (1968) | #3,521 |
| 1970s | 231 | #1,784 (1971) | #1,997 |
| 1980s | 201 | #1,910 (1980) | #2,660 |
| 1990s | 254 | #2,412 (1992) | #2,876 |
| 2000s | 530 | #1,743 (2001) | #2,244 |
| 2010s | 465 | #2,217 (2017) | #2,678 |
| 2020s | 614 | #1,387 (2024) | #1,675 |
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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