Girls' name · since 1968
Joei
Joei has 447 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,663 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 447
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joei is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 447 have been recorded since 1968.
Joei has 447 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1968 to 2023.
- #12,663 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 447 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joei ranks #12,663 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 447 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,663 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 447
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joei's 447 recorded births place it above 82.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Joei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joei's full recorded timeline at 1999, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2023
- Peak year (2003)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Joei by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (120 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Joei's strongest decade.
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Joei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
90 births
- 1980s
1980s
56 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s
2000s
120 births
- 2010s
2010s
91 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 120 births (27% of all-time use).
Joei by state
Where Joei concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 2.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.1% |
11 of 447 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Joei's data
- Joei's decade-level peak was the 2000s (120 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Joeis (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1968–2023 (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 Joei 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.