Joas — #6588 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Joas

The Social Security Administration has registered 273 babies named Joas between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joas currently holds the #6588 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joas performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Joas shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Joas in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joas 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 273 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.