Meaning not yet researched.
Joe: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 230 in 2025. Its best rank was #20 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #20 in 1880; #994 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Joe in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#994 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #20.
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Joe: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 230 boys in 2025. Peak: #20 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 8,023 (1936).
In 2025, 230 US boys were named Joe, making it the 994th most common boys’ name of the year, down 110 places from #884 in 2024. That is 42 fewer than the 272 boys named Joe in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #20, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 8,023, in 1936. For comparison, it was #597 in 2015 and #54 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Joe in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 736 babies with the name. In all, 464,574 US babies have been given the name, 2.4% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 74,186 babies named Joe.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,163 US boys were named Joe; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 434. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,426 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Joe ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #541 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Joseph (2,680,213 babies since 1880), Jose (596,732 babies since 1880), Joel (282,250 babies since 1880) and Jo (180,911 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Joya, Joia and Joei are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Joey.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Joya (1,796), Joia (488), Joei (447), Joh (407), Joa (114), Joee (99), Joua (65), Ju (36), Jua (28), Joo (15).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Joe is listed as a nickname for Joey, Joseph, Joshua.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 37 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 60 | #541 | #281 |
| Minnesota | 6 | #751 | #852 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #835 | #753 |
| California | 28 | #851 | #443 |
| Indiana | 6 | #900 | #498 |
| New York | 14 | #934 | #815 |
| Washington | 6 | #944 | — |
| Georgia | 9 | #956 | #640 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #983 | #781 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,044 | #736 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,107 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,167 | — |
| Florida | 10 | #1,230 | #553 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,326 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 230 | #994 |
| 2024 | — | — | 272 | #884 |
| 2023 | — | — | 256 | #909 |
| 2022 | — | — | 262 | #896 |
| 2021 | — | — | 310 | #794 |
| 2020 | — | — | 337 | #728 |
| 2019 | — | — | 350 | #707 |
| 2018 | — | — | 347 | #697 |
| 2017 | — | — | 365 | #685 |
| 2016 | — | — | 434 | #619 |
| 2015 | — | — | 460 | #597 |
| 2014 | — | — | 490 | #568 |
| 2013 | — | — | 476 | #555 |
| 2012 | — | — | 499 | #526 |
| 2011 | — | — | 536 | #490 |
| 2010 | — | — | 592 | #453 |
| 2009 | — | — | 607 | #453 |
| 2008 | — | — | 725 | #409 |
| 2007 | 5 | #18,902 | 732 | #402 |
| 2006 | — | — | 816 | #368 |
| 2005 | — | — | 800 | #370 |
| 2004 | — | — | 826 | #344 |
| 2003 | — | — | 899 | #327 |
| 2002 | — | — | 922 | #310 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,325 | 965 | #302 |
| 2000 | — | — | 920 | #315 |
| 1999 | — | — | 972 | #295 |
| 1998 | 5 | #15,200 | 1,011 | #285 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,793 | 1,013 | #276 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,822 | 1,058 | #266 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,356 | 1,078 | #260 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,473 | 1,203 | #243 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,085 | 1,255 | #231 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,350 | 1,393 | #220 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,241 | 1,464 | #213 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,537 | 1,460 | #210 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,147 | 1,494 | #195 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,381 | 1,472 | #187 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,181 | 1,488 | #184 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,686 | 1,535 | #173 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,562 | 1,591 | #170 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,653 | 1,592 | #167 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,868 | 1,614 | #163 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,082 | 1,872 | #149 |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,681 | 1,860 | #149 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,901 | 1,990 | #140 |
| 1979 | 28 | #3,022 | 1,965 | #136 |
| 1978 | 39 | #2,328 | 2,039 | #128 |
| 1977 | 43 | #2,173 | 2,124 | #128 |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,404 | 2,170 | #117 |
| 1975 | 39 | #2,180 | 2,239 | #116 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,830 | 2,346 | #113 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,865 | 2,522 | #105 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,659 | 2,825 | #100 |
| 1971 | 56 | #1,649 | 3,149 | #101 |
| 1970 | 68 | #1,482 | 3,570 | #90 |
| 1969 | 69 | #1,391 | 3,617 | #83 |
| 1968 | 80 | #1,227 | 3,522 | #85 |
| 1967 | 62 | #1,407 | 3,717 | #85 |
| 1966 | 92 | #1,099 | 4,334 | #74 |
| 1965 | 77 | #1,235 | 4,833 | #71 |
| 1964 | 90 | #1,165 | 5,821 | #62 |
| 1963 | 94 | #1,129 | 6,379 | #58 |
| 1962 | 102 | #1,069 | 6,793 | #59 |
| 1961 | 109 | #1,052 | 7,056 | #60 |
| 1960 | 130 | #935 | 7,314 | #57 |
| 1959 | 154 | #826 | 7,389 | #57 |
| 1958 | 159 | #798 | 7,065 | #56 |
| 1957 | 172 | #763 | 6,767 | #57 |
| 1956 | 196 | #686 | 6,124 | #63 |
| 1955 | 183 | #694 | 5,856 | #68 |
| 1954 | 215 | #620 | 5,873 | #67 |
| 1953 | 191 | #648 | 5,797 | #66 |
| 1952 | 174 | #672 | 5,892 | #62 |
| 1951 | 196 | #613 | 5,824 | #57 |
| 1950 | 204 | #591 | 6,033 | #54 |
| 1949 | 217 | #568 | 6,535 | #52 |
| 1948 | 203 | #586 | 7,288 | #47 |
| 1947 | 227 | #566 | 7,904 | #43 |
| 1946 | 220 | #532 | 7,536 | #37 |
| 1945 | 194 | #526 | 6,625 | #36 |
| 1944 | 201 | #510 | 7,062 | #33 |
| 1943 | 230 | #488 | 7,308 | #35 |
| 1942 | 236 | #480 | 7,383 | #33 |
| 1941 | 226 | #461 | 7,158 | #30 |
| 1940 | 217 | #454 | 7,216 | #28 |
| 1939 | 249 | #428 | 7,189 | #27 |
| 1938 | 239 | #433 | 7,438 | #28 |
| 1937 | 226 | #434 | 7,745 | #25 |
| 1936 | 243 | #413 | 8,023 | #23 |
| 1935 | 224 | #429 | 7,555 | #25 |
| 1934 | 265 | #399 | 7,090 | #26 |
| 1933 | 250 | #406 | 6,411 | #27 |
| 1932 | 244 | #421 | 6,690 | #29 |
| 1931 | 228 | #430 | 6,456 | #29 |
| 1930 | 249 | #418 | 6,873 | #27 |
| 1929 | 218 | #447 | 6,596 | #30 |
| 1928 | 212 | #472 | 6,682 | #30 |
| 1927 | 231 | #459 | 6,542 | #30 |
| 1926 | 212 | #476 | 6,338 | #33 |
| 1925 | 158 | #570 | 6,107 | #34 |
| 1924 | 151 | #610 | 6,044 | #35 |
| 1923 | 143 | #614 | 6,003 | #35 |
| 1922 | 149 | #590 | 6,089 | #35 |
| 1921 | 137 | #631 | 6,204 | #36 |
| 1920 | 134 | #618 | 6,071 | #35 |
| 1919 | 130 | #615 | 5,709 | #35 |
| 1918 | 114 | #668 | 5,805 | #34 |
| 1917 | 97 | #700 | 5,142 | #35 |
| 1916 | 101 | #679 | 4,911 | #35 |
| 1915 | 114 | #612 | 4,648 | #38 |
| 1914 | 77 | #664 | 3,712 | #34 |
| 1913 | 62 | #662 | 2,806 | #37 |
| 1912 | 65 | #610 | 2,515 | #36 |
| 1911 | 45 | #645 | 1,449 | #29 |
| 1910 | 42 | #658 | 1,553 | #25 |
| 1909 | 43 | #588 | 1,292 | #23 |
| 1908 | 32 | #685 | 1,209 | #24 |
| 1907 | 30 | #696 | 1,177 | #23 |
| 1906 | 42 | #546 | 1,020 | #25 |
| 1905 | 28 | #675 | 1,024 | #23 |
| 1904 | 17 | #895 | 959 | #23 |
| 1903 | 25 | #672 | 895 | #24 |
| 1902 | 30 | #608 | 955 | #23 |
| 1901 | 13 | #940 | 756 | #27 |
| 1900 | 33 | #617 | 1,179 | #22 |
| 1899 | 18 | #775 | 780 | #24 |
| 1898 | 20 | #760 | 827 | #29 |
| 1897 | 24 | #634 | 798 | #26 |
| 1896 | 12 | #975 | 767 | #27 |
| 1895 | 27 | #583 | 763 | #28 |
| 1894 | 23 | #618 | 741 | #28 |
| 1893 | 24 | #588 | 721 | #28 |
| 1892 | 11 | #935 | 819 | #23 |
| 1891 | 21 | #580 | 584 | #29 |
| 1890 | 20 | #589 | 682 | #28 |
| 1889 | 18 | #611 | 709 | #25 |
| 1888 | 24 | #519 | 789 | #23 |
| 1887 | 10 | #765 | 685 | #21 |
| 1886 | 15 | #590 | 759 | #21 |
| 1885 | 12 | #642 | 681 | #25 |
| 1884 | 12 | #626 | 759 | #22 |
| 1883 | 16 | #490 | 607 | #26 |
| 1882 | 15 | #482 | 739 | #23 |
| 1881 | 10 | #559 | 639 | #23 |
| 1880 | 5 | #879 | 731 | #20 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).