Joey
#1,467 for girls in 2025, 146 births · #874 for boys in 2025, 274 births
Given to boys 87.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1976 · 1,160 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 53,758since 1915
Joey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #1,467 | 146 | #874 | 274 |
| 2024 | #1,378 | 164 | #888 | 267 |
| 2023 | #1,348 | 167 | #901 | 258 |
| 2022 | #1,412 | 161 | #891 | 264 |
| 2021 | #1,288 | 178 | #910 | 252 |
| 2020 | #1,422 | 153 | #895 | 253 |
| 2019 | #1,608 | 132 | #772 | 306 |
| 2018 | #1,451 | 151 | #739 | 323 |
| 2017 | #1,515 | 146 | #777 | 301 |
| 2016 | #1,485 | 154 | #695 | 355 |
| 2015 | #2,060 | 95 | #757 | 318 |
| 2014 | #1,746 | 119 | #684 | 370 |
| 2013 | #2,458 | 73 | #642 | 382 |
| 2012 | #2,265 | 83 | #609 | 404 |
| 2011 | #2,124 | 90 | #604 | 408 |
| 2010 | #1,959 | 102 | #612 | 405 |
| 2009 | #2,064 | 99 | #616 | 408 |
| 2008 | #1,903 | 111 | #575 | 448 |
| 2007 | #1,645 | 135 | #547 | 470 |
| 2006 | #1,664 | 127 | #532 | 474 |
| 2005 | #1,451 | 146 | #510 | 482 |
| 2004 | #1,608 | 121 | #487 | 508 |
| 2003 | #1,466 | 133 | #494 | 496 |
| 2002 | #1,915 | 92 | #508 | 448 |
| 2001 | #1,851 | 95 | #518 | 435 |
| 2000 | #2,055 | 80 | #485 | 481 |
| 1999 | #2,153 | 70 | #491 | 449 |
| 1998 | #2,066 | 71 | #517 | 403 |
| 1997 | #2,360 | 56 | #486 | 441 |
| 1996 | #2,558 | 49 | #459 | 470 |
| 1995 | #2,028 | 67 | #449 | 507 |
| 1994 | #2,412 | 53 | #411 | 554 |
| 1993 | #2,380 | 53 | #361 | 653 |
| 1992 | #2,386 | 54 | #400 | 575 |
| 1991 | #2,189 | 60 | #362 | 651 |
| 1990 | #2,640 | 44 | #352 | 685 |
| 1989 | #2,658 | 42 | #370 | 605 |
| 1988 | #2,330 | 47 | #343 | 619 |
| 1987 | #2,572 | 39 | #299 | 720 |
| 1986 | #2,265 | 45 | #310 | 655 |
| 1985 | #2,172 | 48 | #273 | 763 |
| 1984 | #1,837 | 58 | #280 | 742 |
| 1983 | #1,447 | 80 | #261 | 791 |
| 1982 | #1,584 | 74 | #232 | 1,001 |
| 1981 | #1,271 | 101 | #225 | 1,072 |
| 1980 | #1,097 | 126 | #212 | 1,154 |
| 1979 | #881 | 173 | #215 | 1,095 |
| 1978 | #949 | 148 | #207 | 1,072 |
| 1977 | #764 | 197 | #195 | 1,213 |
| 1976 | #721 | 203 | #194 | 1,160 |
| 1975 | #672 | 224 | #247 | 840 |
| 1974 | #657 | 232 | #239 | 855 |
| 1973 | #708 | 208 | #240 | 872 |
| 1972 | #753 | 185 | #235 | 912 |
| 1971 | #828 | 167 | #219 | 1,070 |
| 1970 | #744 | 198 | #217 | 1,137 |
| 1969 | #881 | 142 | #210 | 1,191 |
| 1968 | #846 | 145 | #210 | 1,111 |
| 1967 | #1,164 | 83 | #209 | 1,068 |
| 1966 | #1,488 | 55 | #217 | 1,032 |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 | #214 | 1,120 |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 | #203 | 1,362 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 | #207 | 1,382 |
| 1962 | #1,732 | 43 | #200 | 1,529 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 | #220 | 1,257 |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 | #229 | 1,206 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 | #240 | 1,121 |
| 1958 | #1,703 | 40 | #238 | 1,067 |
| 1957 | #1,641 | 43 | #237 | 1,041 |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 | #239 | 946 |
| 1955 | #2,108 | 26 | #271 | 693 |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 | #323 | 500 |
| 1953 | #1,931 | 28 | #385 | 328 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 | #455 | 241 |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 | #482 | 196 |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 | #491 | 188 |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | #535 | 154 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | #536 | 153 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | #516 | 174 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | #581 | 121 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | #546 | 120 |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 | #519 | 137 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #545 | 131 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 | #652 | 96 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #876 | 52 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #768 | 65 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #888 | 49 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #1,171 | 31 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | #1,031 | 38 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | #1,182 | 31 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #1,098 | 35 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #1,323 | 26 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #1,456 | 22 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #1,286 | 28 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #1,427 | 24 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,496 | 24 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | — | |
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| 1916 | — | #2,730 | 9 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Joey! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1918, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Joey is popular in 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#113 · 1 in 569
- Kentucky#117 · 1 in 728
- Tennessee#134 · 1 in 752
- Alabama#135 · 1 in 736
- New Mexico#136 · 1 in 535
Best ever in a state: #79 in North Dakota, 1980.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #113 | 28 | 1 in 569 |
| Kentucky | #117 | 40 | 1 in 728 |
| Tennessee | #134 | 46 | 1 in 752 |
| Alabama | #135 | 41 | 1 in 736 |
| New Mexico | #136 | 18 | 1 in 535 |
| Georgia | #140 | 58 | 1 in 756 |
| Maine | #141 | 8 | 1 in 1,004 |
| Mississippi | #142 | 29 | 1 in 735 |
| Louisiana | #143 | 50 | 1 in 662 |
| North Carolina | #148 | 53 | 1 in 840 |
| Utah | #148 | 14 | 1 in 894 |
| West Virginia | #149 | 14 | 1 in 1,032 |
| South Carolina | #159 | 26 | 1 in 900 |
| Wisconsin | #187 | 19 | 1 in 1,785 |
| Indiana | #194 | 30 | 1 in 1,528 |
| Missouri | #196 | 27 | 1 in 1,416 |
| Minnesota | #200 | 15 | 1 in 1,980 |
| Ohio | #200 | 54 | 1 in 1,707 |
| Oklahoma | #203 | 14 | 1 in 1,445 |
| Virginia | #203 | 25 | 1 in 1,467 |
| Colorado | #221 | 12 | 1 in 1,585 |
| Florida | #221 | 37 | 1 in 1,454 |
| Texas | #224 | 95 | 1 in 1,201 |
| Nebraska | #239 | 5 | 1 in 2,295 |
| California | #248 | 92 | 1 in 1,757 |
| Michigan | #253 | 32 | 1 in 2,391 |
| Oregon | #255 | 7 | 1 in 2,236 |
| Washington | #261 | 11 | 1 in 2,303 |
| Kansas | #266 | 7 | 1 in 2,255 |
| Arizona | #270 | 10 | 1 in 1,745 |
| Iowa | #278 | 7 | 1 in 3,072 |
| Massachusetts | #282 | 10 | 1 in 4,260 |
| Illinois | #286 | 37 | 1 in 2,460 |
| Pennsylvania | #310 | 20 | 1 in 4,420 |
| New York | #378 | 33 | 1 in 4,153 |
| New Jersey | #383 | 10 | 1 in 5,162 |
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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 Joey
- 14 spots since 2024 (#888 → #874)
- 21 spots since 2020 (#895 → #874)
- 117 spots since 2015 (#757 → #874)
- Biggest jump: 283 spots in 1939 (#1,171 → #888)
- Biggest drop: 123 spots in 2020 (#772 → #895)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1976 at #194 (1,160 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 87 yrs · run 1939–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,353 boys born in 1976 were named Joey (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,234 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 22.8% of all boys named Joey (12,258) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1923, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 23 | #2,730 (1916) | #3,079 |
| 1920s | 119 | #1,760 (1928) | #2,700 |
| 1930s | 308 | #888 (1939) | #1,236 |
| 1940s | 1,203 | #516 (1947) | #607 |
| 1950s | 6,321 | #237 (1957) | #336 |
| 1960s | 12,258 | #200 (1962) | #212 |
| 1970s | 10,226 | #194 (1976) | #221 |
| 1980s | 8,122 | #212 (1980) | #281 |
| 1990s | 5,388 | #352 (1990) | #429 |
| 2000s | 4,650 | #485 (2000) | #527 |
| 2010s | 3,572 | #604 (2011) | #689 |
| 2020s | 1,568 | #874 (2025) | #893 |
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.
Joey in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 9,963 of them was named Joey, which outranked 91.4% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 1,653 of them was named Joey, which outranked 96.1% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.