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.

Joao

#2,853 most common boys' name of all time · #6,874 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1918–2025

Rank among boys
#2,853
Rank overall
#6,874 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
2,353
Since 2016
837
Peak year
2024 #1,391
Best rank
#1,391 2024
Girls Boys peak 135/yr
192019401960198020002020

Joao first appears in 1918. 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 — 121 121 #1,473
2024 — 135 135 #1,391
2023 — 107 107 #1,628
2022 — 96 96 #1,742
2021 — 79 79 #1,920
2020 — 76 76 #1,924
2019 — 55 55 #2,428
2018 — 57 57 #2,333
2017 — 60 60 #2,223
2016 — 51 51 #2,486
2015 — 41 41 #2,879
2014 — 48 48 #2,555
2013 — 38 38 #2,969
2012 — 38 38 #3,023
2011 — 41 41 #2,864
2010 — 36 36 #3,144
2009 — 57 57 #2,300
2008 — 61 61 #2,190
2007 — 43 43 #2,779
2006 — 63 63 #2,088
2005 — 63 63 #1,988
2004 — 47 47 #2,389
2003 — 38 38 #2,634
2002 — 52 52 #2,071
2001 — 65 65 #1,749
2000 — 41 41 #2,340
1999 — 28 28 #2,964
1998 — 31 31 #2,670
1997 — 23 23 #3,187
1996 — 18 18 #3,716
1995 — 22 22 #3,125
1994 — 29 29 #2,573
1993 — 24 24 #2,887
1992 — 30 30 #2,428
1991 — 22 22 #2,935
1990 — 27 27 #2,516
1989 — 30 30 #2,266
1988 — 20 20 #2,793
1987 — 18 18 #2,877
1986 — 17 17 #2,938
1985 — 16 16 #2,991
1984 — 13 13 #3,329
1983 — 15 15 #2,971
1982 — 16 16 #2,885
1981 — 27 27 #2,014
1980 — 29 29 #1,941
1979 — 31 31 #1,808
1978 — 26 26 #1,942
1977 — 28 28 #1,842
1976 — 20 20 #2,285
1975 — 18 18 #2,408
1974 — 24 24 #1,912
1973 — 23 23 #1,904
1972 — 17 17 #2,286
1971 — 25 25 #1,811
1970 — 19 19 #2,091
1969 — 6 6 #4,140
1968 — 8 8 #3,237
1953 — 5 5 #4,126
1925 — 5 5 #4,652
1923 — 5 5 #4,699
1921 — 5 5 #4,768
1920 — 5 5 #4,767
1919 — 8 8 #3,376
1918 — 11 11 #2,698