Joe
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636 · #991 for boys in 2025, 230 births
Given to boys 97.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 731 births
- Debut · boys
- 731 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 92 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 453,255since 1880
Joe over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #991 | 230 | |
| 2024 | — | #882 | 272 | |
| 2023 | — | #909 | 256 | |
| 2022 | — | #895 | 262 | |
| 2021 | — | #794 | 310 | |
| 2020 | — | #728 | 337 | |
| 2019 | — | #707 | 350 | |
| 2018 | — | #696 | 347 | |
| 2017 | — | #684 | 365 | |
| 2016 | — | #619 | 434 | |
| 2015 | — | #597 | 460 | |
| 2014 | — | #567 | 490 | |
| 2013 | — | #555 | 476 | |
| 2012 | — | #526 | 499 | |
| 2011 | — | #490 | 536 | |
| 2010 | — | #453 | 592 | |
| 2009 | — | #453 | 607 | |
| 2008 | — | #408 | 725 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #402 | 732 |
| 2006 | — | #368 | 816 | |
| 2005 | — | #370 | 800 | |
| 2004 | — | #344 | 826 | |
| 2003 | — | #327 | 899 | |
| 2002 | — | #310 | 922 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #302 | 965 |
| 2000 | — | #315 | 920 | |
| 1999 | — | #295 | 972 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #285 | 1,011 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #276 | 1,013 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #265 | 1,058 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #260 | 1,078 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #243 | 1,203 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #231 | 1,255 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #220 | 1,393 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #213 | 1,464 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #210 | 1,460 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | #195 | 1,494 |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 | #187 | 1,472 |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | #184 | 1,488 |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 | #173 | 1,535 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 | #170 | 1,591 |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 | #167 | 1,592 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | #163 | 1,614 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 | #149 | 1,872 |
| 1981 | #2,657 | 34 | #149 | 1,860 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 | #140 | 1,990 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | #136 | 1,965 |
| 1978 | #2,305 | 39 | #128 | 2,039 |
| 1977 | #2,162 | 43 | #128 | 2,124 |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 | #117 | 2,170 |
| 1975 | #2,169 | 39 | #116 | 2,239 |
| 1974 | #1,820 | 48 | #113 | 2,346 |
| 1973 | #1,857 | 45 | #105 | 2,522 |
| 1972 | #1,655 | 54 | #100 | 2,825 |
| 1971 | #1,640 | 56 | #101 | 3,149 |
| 1970 | #1,474 | 68 | #90 | 3,570 |
| 1969 | #1,385 | 69 | #83 | 3,617 |
| 1968 | #1,223 | 80 | #85 | 3,522 |
| 1967 | #1,399 | 62 | #85 | 3,717 |
| 1966 | #1,096 | 92 | #74 | 4,334 |
| 1965 | #1,226 | 77 | #71 | 4,833 |
| 1964 | #1,163 | 90 | #62 | 5,821 |
| 1963 | #1,126 | 94 | #58 | 6,379 |
| 1962 | #1,066 | 102 | #59 | 6,793 |
| 1961 | #1,049 | 109 | #60 | 7,056 |
| 1960 | #934 | 130 | #57 | 7,314 |
| 1959 | #826 | 154 | #57 | 7,389 |
| 1958 | #796 | 159 | #56 | 7,065 |
| 1957 | #760 | 172 | #57 | 6,767 |
| 1956 | #685 | 196 | #63 | 6,124 |
| 1955 | #694 | 183 | #68 | 5,856 |
| 1954 | #620 | 215 | #67 | 5,873 |
| 1953 | #646 | 191 | #66 | 5,797 |
| 1952 | #670 | 174 | #62 | 5,892 |
| 1951 | #613 | 196 | #57 | 5,824 |
| 1950 | #591 | 204 | #54 | 6,033 |
| 1949 | #567 | 217 | #52 | 6,535 |
| 1948 | #585 | 203 | #47 | 7,288 |
| 1947 | #564 | 227 | #43 | 7,904 |
| 1946 | #532 | 220 | #37 | 7,536 |
| 1945 | #526 | 194 | #36 | 6,625 |
| 1944 | #510 | 201 | #33 | 7,062 |
| 1943 | #488 | 230 | #35 | 7,308 |
| 1942 | #480 | 236 | #33 | 7,383 |
| 1941 | #459 | 226 | #30 | 7,158 |
| 1940 | #454 | 217 | #28 | 7,216 |
| 1939 | #428 | 249 | #27 | 7,189 |
| 1938 | #433 | 239 | #28 | 7,438 |
| 1937 | #434 | 226 | #24 | 7,745 |
| 1936 | #413 | 243 | #23 | 8,023 |
| 1935 | #429 | 224 | #25 | 7,555 |
| 1934 | #399 | 265 | #26 | 7,090 |
| 1933 | #406 | 250 | #27 | 6,411 |
| 1932 | #421 | 244 | #29 | 6,690 |
| 1931 | #430 | 228 | #29 | 6,456 |
| 1930 | #417 | 249 | #27 | 6,873 |
| 1929 | #447 | 218 | #30 | 6,596 |
| 1928 | #471 | 212 | #30 | 6,682 |
| 1927 | #458 | 231 | #30 | 6,542 |
| 1926 | #475 | 212 | #33 | 6,338 |
| 1925 | #570 | 158 | #34 | 6,107 |
| 1924 | #610 | 151 | #35 | 6,044 |
| 1923 | #612 | 143 | #35 | 6,003 |
| 1922 | #588 | 149 | #35 | 6,089 |
| 1921 | #629 | 137 | #36 | 6,204 |
| 1920 | #617 | 134 | #35 | 6,071 |
| 1919 | #614 | 130 | #35 | 5,709 |
| 1918 | #666 | 114 | #34 | 5,805 |
| 1917 | #699 | 97 | #35 | 5,142 |
| 1916 | #679 | 101 | #35 | 4,911 |
| 1915 | #611 | 114 | #38 | 4,648 |
| 1914 | #661 | 77 | #34 | 3,712 |
| 1913 | #659 | 62 | #37 | 2,806 |
| 1912 | #608 | 65 | #36 | 2,515 |
| 1911 | #641 | 45 | #29 | 1,449 |
| 1910 | #658 | 42 | #25 | 1,553 |
| 1909 | #587 | 43 | #23 | 1,292 |
| 1908 | #678 | 32 | #24 | 1,209 |
| 1907 | #694 | 30 | #23 | 1,177 |
| 1906 | #541 | 42 | #25 | 1,020 |
| 1905 | #664 | 28 | #23 | 1,024 |
| 1904 | #880 | 17 | #23 | 959 |
| 1903 | #666 | 25 | #24 | 895 |
| 1902 | #600 | 30 | #23 | 955 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 | #27 | 756 |
| 1900 | #611 | 33 | #22 | 1,179 |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 | #24 | 780 |
| 1898 | #750 | 20 | #29 | 827 |
| 1897 | #627 | 24 | #26 | 798 |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 | #27 | 767 |
| 1895 | #578 | 27 | #28 | 763 |
| 1894 | #609 | 23 | #28 | 741 |
| 1893 | #571 | 24 | #28 | 721 |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 | #23 | 819 |
| 1891 | #572 | 21 | #29 | 584 |
| 1890 | #578 | 20 | #28 | 682 |
| 1889 | #600 | 18 | #25 | 709 |
| 1888 | #512 | 24 | #23 | 789 |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | #21 | 685 |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 | #21 | 759 |
| 1885 | #629 | 12 | #25 | 681 |
| 1884 | #614 | 12 | #22 | 759 |
| 1883 | #480 | 16 | #26 | 607 |
| 1882 | #475 | 15 | #23 | 739 |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 | #23 | 639 |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | #20 | 731 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Joe was already there! It came in at #20, and was given to 731 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2020–2025, when fewer than 340 boys a year got the name.
Where Joe is popular in 1900
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Joe
- 109 spots since 2024 (#882 → #991)
- 263 spots since 2020 (#728 → #991)
- 394 spots since 2015 (#597 → #991)
- Biggest jump: 27 spots in 2024 (#909 → #882)
- Biggest drop: 109 spots in 2025 (#882 → #991)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #20 (731 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 137 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 92 yrs · run 1880–1970
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 125 boys born in 1907 were named Joe (0.80%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,426 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #20 in 1880, was only 1 in 151 (0.66%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.9% of all boys named Joe (72,015) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7,098 | #20 (1880) | #23 |
| 1890s | 7,482 | #23 (1892) | #27 |
| 1900s | 10,466 | #22 (1900) | #24 |
| 1910s | 38,250 | #25 (1910) | #34 |
| 1920s | 62,676 | #30 (1928) | #33 |
| 1930s | 71,470 | #23 (1936) | #27 |
| 1940s | 72,015 | #28 (1940) | #37 |
| 1950s | 62,620 | #54 (1950) | #61 |
| 1960s | 53,386 | #57 (1960) | #69 |
| 1970s | 24,949 | #90 (1970) | #113 |
| 1980s | 16,508 | #140 (1980) | #168 |
| 1990s | 11,907 | #210 (1990) | #250 |
| 2000s | 8,212 | #302 (2001) | #360 |
| 2010s | 4,549 | #453 (2010) | #589 |
| 2020s | 1,667 | #728 (2020) | #867 |
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.
Joe in 1900
Top girls' names in 1900
Top boys' names in 1900
More about 1900
girls
299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 9,084 of them was named Joe, which outranked 72.5% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #605Katheryn34
- #605Kittie34
- #605Mertie34
- #611Joe33
- #611Adella33
- #611Anastasia33
- #611Birtha33
- #624Altha32
- #624Greta32
- #624Justine32
Tied with 12 names at #611; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
- ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
- ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
- ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 128 of them was named Joe, which outranked 98.5% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.