Unisex name · since 1916
Jobie
448 babies named Jobie in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,422 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 448
- born since 1916
- 1940s
- peak decade
Jobie sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 448 recorded since 1916.
Jobie has 448 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2019.
- #8,422 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 448 born since 1916
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jobie ranks #8,422 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 448 born since 1916, peaking in the 1940s.
- #8,422 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 448
- born since 1916
- 1940s
- peak decade
Jobie's 448 recorded births place it above 81.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Jobie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jobie's full recorded timeline at 1958, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jobie popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2019
- Peak year (1919)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Jobie popularity over time - girls
60 total births recorded since 1963 (Jobie as girls' name)
Jobie by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (58 births, 13% of the file).
1940s was Jobie's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 13% of all-time use.
Jobie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
24 births
- 1920s
1920s
51 births
- 1930s
1930s
55 births
- 1940s
1940s
58 births
- 1950s
1950s
42 births
- 1960s
1960s
50 births
- 1970s
1970s
57 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
35 births
- 2000s
2000s
24 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 58 births (13% of all-time use).
Jobie by state
Where Jobie concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 6 | 1.3% |
6 of 448 births nationwide.
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What to do with Jobie's data
- Jobie's decade-level peak was the 1940s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Jobies (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jobie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~103 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, 1916–2019 (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 Jobie 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.