Joby — #7817 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Joby

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,174 babies named Joby between 1939 and 2024, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joby currently holds the #7817 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 37 babies received it in a single year. Joby is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 68 additional births since 1956.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joby performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 288 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Joby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Joby in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joby 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 1,174 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.