Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Joab

#4,809 most common boys' name of all time · #11,861 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1965–2025

Rank among boys
#4,809
Rank overall
#11,861 of 105,966
First appeared
1965
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
1,000
Since 2016
375
Peak year
2025 #2,317
Best rank
#2,317 2025
Girls Boys peak 60/yr
198020002020

Joab first appears in 1965. 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.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 60 60 #2,317
2024 — 45 45 #2,853
2023 — 40 40 #3,074
2022 — 41 41 #3,022
2021 — 42 42 #2,947
2020 — 25 25 #4,055
2019 — 31 31 #3,593
2018 — 32 32 #3,479
2017 — 29 29 #3,706
2016 — 30 30 #3,628
2015 — 33 33 #3,385
2014 — 23 23 #4,304
2013 — 35 35 #3,153
2012 — 17 17 #5,328
2011 — 21 21 #4,550
2010 — 16 16 #5,557
2009 — 21 21 #4,638
2008 — 24 24 #4,189
2007 — 31 31 #3,470
2006 — 20 20 #4,577
2005 — 17 17 #4,899
2004 — 20 20 #4,312
2003 — 16 16 #4,889
2002 — 22 22 #3,843
2001 — 16 16 #4,748
2000 — 15 15 #4,880
1999 — 17 17 #4,242
1998 — 17 17 #4,092
1997 — 14 14 #4,545
1996 — 17 17 #3,912
1995 — 16 16 #3,940
1994 — 13 13 #4,635
1993 — 16 16 #3,911
1992 — 10 10 #5,395
1991 — 15 15 #3,914
1990 — 14 14 #4,065
1989 — 11 11 #4,660
1988 — 7 7 #6,042
1987 — 8 8 #5,213
1986 — 7 7 #5,605
1985 — 9 9 #4,536
1984 — 8 8 #4,763
1983 — 7 7 #5,176
1982 — 7 7 #5,316
1981 — 6 6 #5,861
1980 — 7 7 #5,241
1979 — 10 10 #3,965
1978 — 5 5 #6,254
1977 — 5 5 #6,365
1976 — 9 9 #3,912
1975 — 5 5 #5,912
1973 — 7 7 #4,360
1972 — 5 5 #5,462
1965 — 6 6 #3,912