Joab — #2845 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Joab

The Social Security Administration has registered 940 babies named Joab between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joab currently holds the #2845 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joab performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 267 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Joab shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 126 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Joab in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joab in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 940 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.