Joe — #881 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Joe

The Social Security Administration has registered 453,008 babies named Joe between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joe currently holds the #881 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 8,023 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joe performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 72,013 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Joe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 87,591 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Joe in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joe 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 453,008 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.