Joby*
#4,204 most common boys' name of all time · #10,297 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1939–2024 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#4,204
Rank overall
#10,297 of 105,966
First appeared
1939
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
1,242
Since 2016
57
Peak year
1976 #1,529
Best rank
#1,493 1972
Girls
Boys
peak 45/yr
Joby first appears in 1939. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,857 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,901 |
| 2022 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,852 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,983 |
| 2019 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,986 |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,927 |
| 2017 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,660 |
| 2015 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,379 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,670 |
| 2013 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,304 |
| 2012 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,698 |
| 2011 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,471 |
| 2010 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,534 |
| 2009 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,857 |
| 2008 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,855 |
| 2007 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,694 |
| 2006 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,565 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,736 |
| 2004 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,615 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,959 |
| 2002 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,749 |
| 2000 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,101 |
| 1999 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,032 |
| 1998 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,701 |
| 1997 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,522 |
| 1996 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,861 |
| 1995 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,961 |
| 1994 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,053 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,385 |
| 1992 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,151 |
| 1991 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,026 |
| 1990 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,222 |
| 1989 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,884 |
| 1988 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,595 |
| 1987 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,780 |
| 1986 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,559 |
| 1985 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,297 |
| 1984 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,399 |
| 1983 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1982 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,570 |
| 1981 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,727 |
| 1980 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,327 |
| 1979 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,350 |
| 1978 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,106 |
| 1977 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,529 |
| 1976 | 9 | 36 | 45 | #1,529 |
| 1975 | 6 | 29 | 35 | #1,731 |
| 1974 | 5 | 33 | 38 | #1,536 |
| 1973 | 10 | 29 | 39 | #1,637 |
| 1972 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,493 |
| 1971 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,589 |
| 1970 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #2,356 |
| 1969 | 5 | 23 | 28 | #1,758 |
| 1968 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,644 |
| 1967 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,022 |
| 1966 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,753 |
| 1965 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,800 |
| 1964 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,193 |
| 1963 | 6 | 23 | 29 | #1,690 |
| 1962 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #2,990 |
| 1961 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #3,942 |
| 1960 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,513 |
| 1959 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1958 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,790 |
| 1957 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,391 |
| 1956 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #2,940 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,811 |
| 1954 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,412 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,382 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,668 |
| 1949 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,353 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,958 |