Joao — #1401 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Joao

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,230 babies named Joao between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joao currently holds the #1401 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 133 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joao performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 530 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Joao shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 298 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Joao in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joao 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 2,230 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.