Boys' name · since 1949
Joes
12 babies named Joes in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,689 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 1949
- 1940s
- peak decade
12 boys have been named Joes since 1949, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Joes has 12 recorded births among boys since 1949, 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 1949 to 1989.
- #32,689 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 12 born since 1949
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joes ranks #32,689 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1949, peaking in the 1940s.
- #32,689 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 1949
- 1940s
- peak decade
Joes's 12 recorded births place it above 27.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joes's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joes splits its recorded history at 1989: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1949 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joes popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1989
- Peak year (1949)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Joes by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
1940s was Joes's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Joes births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Joes's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 1980s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joes: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1949)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1949–1989 (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 Joes 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.