Joe Boy
How popular is Joe?
#991 boy name in 2025
230 baby boys were named Joe in the US in 2025, making it the 991st most popular boy name.
Joe popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #991 for boys (▼ 109 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 230 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #597 in 2015, #728 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1936 (8,023 boys) |
| Highest rank | #20 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Joe counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Joe family of names ranked #560 for boys in 2025 (#535 the year before), with 504 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Joe | 230 | 46% |
| Joey | 274 | 54% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Joe is most popular
Babies named Joe per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.4 per 1,000 (369 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.3 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (34 boys)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (171 boys)
Joe by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7,098 | #20 |
| 1890s | 7,482 | #23 |
| 1900s | 10,466 | #22 |
| 1910s | 38,250 | #25 |
| 1920s | 62,676 | #30 |
| 1930s | 71,470 | #23 |
| 1940s | 72,015 | #28 |
| 1950s | 62,620 | #54 |
| 1960s | 53,386 | #57 |
| 1970s | 24,949 | #90 |
| 1980s | 16,508 | #140 |
| 1990s | 11,907 | #210 |
| 2000s | 8,212 | #302 |
| 2010s | 4,549 | #453 |
| 2020s | 1,667 | #728 |
Boy names about as popular as Joe
Questions
- Is Joe a boy or girl name?
- Joe is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Joe were boys.
- How popular is the name Joe?
- 230 baby boys were named Joe in the US in 2025, making it the 991st most popular boy name.
- When was Joe most popular?
- Joe peaked in 1936, when 8,023 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #20 in 1880.
- How many people are named Joe?
- 464,574 babies have been named Joe in the US since 1880. We estimate about 203,543 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 65.
- Where is Joe most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Joe was most common in Texas, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.