Joah — #2104 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Joah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,167 babies named Joah between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joah currently holds the #2104 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 79 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 487 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Joah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 89 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Joah in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joah 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 1,167 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.