Job — #2308 US boys' name
3,350 babies named Job in U.S. Social Security records since 1891, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 84% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Job was born in this single decade.
89 babies were named Job in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Job
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,350 babies named Job between 1891 and 2024, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Job currently holds the #2308 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 89 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Job performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 759 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Job shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 461 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Job in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Job 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 3,350 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.
Job at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Job popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1891
- Peak year (2004)
- 89
- Annual births at peak — across 134 years of records
Currently ranks #2308 among boys.
3,350 total births across 134 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 89 births in a single year.
Job by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 759 births that decade — 23% of Job's all-time total
Job decade highlights
- Peak decade 759 births
- Runner-up 703 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Job's strongest decade
759 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Job by state
Where Job concentrates geographically — total births since 1891
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 461 | 13.8% |
| #2 | California | | 398 | 11.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 83 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 21 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 17 | 0.5% |
| #6 | New York | | 10 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.1% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.1% |
461 of 3,350 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 13.8% of nationwide
- California 11.9% of nationwide
- Florida 2.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 13.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Job appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1891–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.