Boys' name · since 2001
Joben
19 babies named Joben in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 19
- total births
- 2001–2010
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 68%
- born in that decade
19 boys have been named Joben since 2001, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Joben has 19 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2010.
- 19 total births
- 2001–2010 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 68% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joben's 19 recorded births place it above 35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joben's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joben's full recorded timeline at 2006, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joben popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2010
- Peak year (2006)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Joben by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Joben's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Joben births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 13 births (68% of all-time use).
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What to do with Joben's data
- Joben's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 2010s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joben: Baby Name Since 2001 - 19 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joben. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Joben draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.