Girls' name · since 2000
Joplin
Joplin has 361 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,400 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,465 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 361
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Joplin currently ranks #6465 among girls' names in America, with 361 babies recorded since 2000.
Joplin has 361 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6465 as of the latest data, more common than 63% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #14,400 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,465 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 361 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joplin ranks #14,400 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,465 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 361 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,400 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,465 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 361
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Joplin's 361 recorded births place it above 80.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Indiana.
How Joplin compares
361 49th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Joplin's all-time total is 4% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joplin | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 361 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joplin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joplin's full recorded timeline at 2013, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joplin popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Joplin popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1978 (Joplin as boys' name)
Joplin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (185 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Joplin's strongest decade.
185 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Joplin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
185 births
- 2020s
2020s
101 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 185 births (51% of all-time use).
Joplin by state
Where Joplin concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
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What to do with Joplin's data
- Joplin's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (185 total births) through the 2020s (101) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Indiana records the most Joplins (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Indiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joplin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Joplin 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.