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

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Peak · boys
#20
1880 · 731 births
Debut · boys
1880
731 births
In top 100 · boys
92 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
453,255
since 1880

Joe over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #20, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#991230
2024—#882272
2023—#909256
2022—#895262
2021—#794310
2020—#728337
2019—#707350
2018—#696347
2017—#684365
2016—#619434
2015—#597460
2014—#567490
2013—#555476
2012—#526499
2011—#490536
2010—#453592
2009—#453607
2008—#408725
2007#17,6365#402732
2006—#368816
2005—#370800
2004—#344826
2003—#327899
2002—#310922
2001#13,5216#302965
2000—#315920
1999—#295972
1998#14,1225#2851,011
1997#12,0706#2761,013
1996#7,57411#2651,058
1995#8,07910#2601,078
1994#11,7786#2431,203
1993#10,5887#2311,255
1992#8,06510#2201,393
1991#7,98710#2131,464
1990#7,30311#2101,460
1989#5,04917#1951,494
1988#4,30820#1871,472
1987#4,12220#1841,488
1986#3,64523#1731,535
1985#3,51724#1701,591
1984#3,61322#1671,592
1983#3,80620#1631,614
1982#4,02519#1491,872
1981#2,65734#1491,860
1980#3,85320#1401,990
1979#2,99728#1361,965
1978#2,30539#1282,039
1977#2,16243#1282,124
1976#2,38734#1172,170
1975#2,16939#1162,239
1974#1,82048#1132,346
1973#1,85745#1052,522
1972#1,65554#1002,825
1971#1,64056#1013,149
1970#1,47468#903,570
1969#1,38569#833,617
1968#1,22380#853,522
1967#1,39962#853,717
1966#1,09692#744,334
1965#1,22677#714,833
1964#1,16390#625,821
1963#1,12694#586,379
1962#1,066102#596,793
1961#1,049109#607,056
1960#934130#577,314
1959#826154#577,389
1958#796159#567,065
1957#760172#576,767
1956#685196#636,124
1955#694183#685,856
1954#620215#675,873
1953#646191#665,797
1952#670174#625,892
1951#613196#575,824
1950#591204#546,033
1949#567217#526,535
1948#585203#477,288
1947#564227#437,904
1946#532220#377,536
1945#526194#366,625
1944#510201#337,062
1943#488230#357,308
1942#480236#337,383
1941#459226#307,158
1940#454217#287,216
1939#428249#277,189
1938#433239#287,438
1937#434226#247,745
1936#413243#238,023
1935#429224#257,555
1934#399265#267,090
1933#406250#276,411
1932#421244#296,690
1931#430228#296,456
1930#417249#276,873
1929#447218#306,596
1928#471212#306,682
1927#458231#306,542
1926#475212#336,338
1925#570158#346,107
1924#610151#356,044
1923#612143#356,003
1922#588149#356,089
1921#629137#366,204
1920#617134#356,071
1919#614130#355,709
1918#666114#345,805
1917#69997#355,142
1916#679101#354,911
1915#611114#384,648
1914#66177#343,712
1913#65962#372,806
1912#60865#362,515
1911#64145#291,449
1910#65842#251,553
1909#58743#231,292
1908#67832#241,209
1907#69430#231,177
1906#54142#251,020
1905#66428#231,024
1904#88017#23959
1903#66625#24895
1902#60030#23955
1901#91813#27756
1900#61133#221,179
1899#75618#24780
1898#75020#29827
1897#62724#26798
1896#95012#27767
1895#57827#28763
1894#60923#28741
1893#57124#28721
1892#90811#23819
1891#57221#29584
1890#57820#28682
1889#60018#25709
1888#51224#23789
1887#73310#21685
1886#57215#21759
1885#62912#25681
1884#61412#22759
1883#48016#26607
1882#47515#23739
1881#53910#23639
1880#8365#20731
First appearance
1880

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 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #77 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 312 boysAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Joe, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Joe, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Joe, so not publishedNHWashington: #73 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 314 boysWAIdaho: #63 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 228 boysIDMontana: #68 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 272 boysMTNorth Dakota: #126 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 686 boysNDMinnesota: #79 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 399 boysMNIllinois: #75 for boys · 267 births · 1 in 396 boysILWisconsin: #92 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 575 boysWIMichigan: #83 for boys · 179 births · 1 in 471 boysMINew York: #150 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 1,025 boysNYMassachusetts: #138 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 1,537 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Joe, so not publishedRIOregon: #79 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 345 boysORNevada: #50 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 214 boysNVWyoming: #48 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 176 boysWYSouth Dakota: #99 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 482 boysSDIowa: #81 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 384 boysIAIndiana: #77 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 391 boysINOhio: #83 for boys · 206 births · 1 in 492 boysOHPennsylvania: #112 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 760 boysPANew Jersey: #102 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 693 boysNJConnecticut: #138 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,251 boysCTCalifornia: #53 for boys · 676 births · 1 in 271 boysCAUtah: #106 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 453 boysUTColorado: #43 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 201 boysCONebraska: #81 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 364 boysNEMissouri: #61 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 274 boysMOKentucky: #70 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 334 boysKYWest Virginia: #70 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 342 boysWVVirginia: #108 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 563 boysVAMaryland: #124 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 732 boysMDDelaware: #107 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 621 boysDEArizona: #29 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 132 boysAZNew Mexico: #23 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 118 boysNMKansas: #77 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 321 boysKSArkansas: #41 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 176 boysARTennessee: #42 for boys · 217 births · 1 in 177 boysTNNorth Carolina: #88 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 431 boysNCSouth Carolina: #68 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 280 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #92 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 470 boysDCOklahoma: #31 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 135 boysOKLouisiana: #109 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 479 boysLAMississippi: #41 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 170 boysMSAlabama: #65 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 266 boysALGeorgia: #73 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 291 boysGAHawaii: #224 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,191 boysHITexas: #14 for boys · 1,117 births · 1 in 101 boysTXFlorida: #67 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 327 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#14 · 1 in 101
  2. New Mexico#23 · 1 in 118
  3. Arizona#29 · 1 in 132
  4. Oklahoma#31 · 1 in 135
  5. Mississippi#41 · 1 in 170

Best ever in a state: #1 in New Mexico, 1926.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#141,1171 in 101
New Mexico#23991 in 118
Arizona#291231 in 132
Oklahoma#311601 in 135
Arkansas#411081 in 176
Mississippi#411481 in 170
Tennessee#422171 in 177
Colorado#431001 in 201
Wyoming#48161 in 176
Nevada#50181 in 214
California#536761 in 271
Missouri#611571 in 274
Idaho#63261 in 228
Alabama#651321 in 266
Florida#671611 in 327
Montana#68241 in 272
South Carolina#68951 in 280
Kentucky#70981 in 334
West Virginia#70501 in 342
Georgia#731641 in 291
Washington#73851 in 314
Illinois#752671 in 396
Alaska#77101 in 312
Indiana#771301 in 391
Kansas#77611 in 321
Minnesota#79931 in 399
Oregon#79451 in 345
Iowa#81701 in 384
Nebraska#81391 in 364
Michigan#831791 in 471
Ohio#832061 in 492
North Carolina#881141 in 431
District of Columbia#92301 in 470
Wisconsin#92741 in 575
South Dakota#99141 in 482
New Jersey#102891 in 693
Utah#106241 in 453
Delaware#10781 in 621
Virginia#108761 in 563
Louisiana#109831 in 479
Pennsylvania#1121411 in 760
Maryland#124451 in 732
North Dakota#12691 in 686
Connecticut#138211 in 1,251
Massachusetts#138351 in 1,537
New York#1501681 in 1,025
Hawaii#22461 in 1,191
Maine———
New Hampshire———
Rhode Island———
Vermont———

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 Joe
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #20 (731 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 137 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 92 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 92 yrs · run 1880–1970
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 125
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 15.9% of all boys named Joe (72,015) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7,098#20 (1880)#23
1890s7,482#23 (1892)#27
1900s10,466#22 (1900)#24
1910s38,250#25 (1910)#34
1920s62,676#30 (1928)#33
1930s71,470#23 (1936)#27
1940s72,015#28 (1940)#37
1950s62,620#54 (1950)#61
1960s53,386#57 (1960)#69
1970s24,949#90 (1970)#113
1980s16,508#140 (1980)#168
1990s11,907#210 (1990)#250
2000s8,212#302 (2001)#360
2010s4,549#453 (2010)#589
2020s1,667#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 1964

girls
#1,163
90 births · 1 in 21,054 girls
boys
#62
5,821 births · 1 in 342 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #1,163Joe90

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #62Joe5,821
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 21,054 of them was named Joe, which outranked 85.1% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joe
  1. #1,153Odessa91
  2. #1,153Sandie91
  3. #1,153Timothy91
  4. #1,163Joe90
  5. #1,163Autumn90
  6. #1,163Cathi90
  7. #1,163Nettie90
  8. #1,167Joycelyn89
  9. #1,167Kimberely89
  10. #1,167Mechelle89

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 342 of them was named Joe, which outranked 98.7% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joe
  1. #59Rodney6,073
  2. #60Gerald5,869
  3. #61Wayne5,832
  4. #62Joe5,821
  5. #63Martin5,727
  6. #64Vincent5,677
  7. #65Chris5,639
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964 →