Unisex name · since 1964
Jobi
Jobi has 42 recorded births since 1964 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,975 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jobi is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 42 have been recorded since 1964.
Jobi has 42 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 1995.
- #36,975 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 42 born since 1964
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jobi ranks #36,975 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 1964, peaking in the 1970s.
- #36,975 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jobi's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jobi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jobi splits its recorded history at 1972: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1974 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jobi popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1995
- Peak year (1974)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Jobi popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2001 (Jobi as boys' name)
Jobi by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (27 births, 64% of the file).
1970s was Jobi's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Jobi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
27 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 27 births (64% of all-time use).
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- Jobi's decade-level peak was the 1970s (27 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jobi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1964–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jobi 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 August 2026.