Joey

Where Joey comes from

From Joe + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Joey
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,392 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1924
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1976
    Peak, #194
    1,160 babies named Joey — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1982
    Joey Barton born
    English professional football manager and former player
  5. 1992
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #400.
  6. 1999
    Joey King born
    American actress
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given names Joe and Joseph.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Josephine.
Namesakes
  • Joey King · American actress, born 1999
  • Joey Barton · English professional football manager and former player, born 1982
  • Joey Lauren Adams · American actress, born 1968
  • Joey Veerman · Dutch association football player, born 1998
  • Joey O'Brien · Irish footballer and manager, born 1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.