Boys' name · since 1927
Joris
Joris has 59 recorded births since 1927 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 59
- total births
- 1927–2017
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
Joris sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 59 recorded since 1927.
Joris has 59 recorded births among boys since 1927, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1927 to 2017.
- 59 total births
- 1927–2017 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 47% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joris's 59 recorded births place it above 54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joris's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joris splits its recorded history at 2006: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joris popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–2017
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 91 years of records
Joris by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Joris's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Joris births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 28 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Joris's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 2010s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1927–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joris: Baby Name Since 1927 - 59 Births, Peak 2009." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joris. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Joris 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 July 2026.