Joa**
#14,824 most common boys' name of all time · #38,459 across all names · 54% male / 46% female · used 1953–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#14,824
Rank overall
#38,459 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
114
Since 2016
80
Peak year
2024 #4,231
Best rank
#4,231 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 32/yr
Joa first appears in 1953. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.