Joplin — #8208 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Joplin

The Social Security Administration has registered 343 babies named Joplin between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joplin currently holds the #8208 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joplin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 185 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Joplin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Joplin in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joplin 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 343 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.