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.

Joe

#72 most common boys' name of all time · #146 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#72
Rank overall
#146 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
464,574
Since 2016
3,163
Peak year
1936 #23
Best rank
#20 1880
Girls Boys peak 8,266/yr
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Joe is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 230 230 #991
2024 272 272 #882
2023 256 256 #909
2022 262 262 #895
2021 310 310 #794
2020 337 337 #728
2019 350 350 #707
2018 347 347 #696
2017 365 365 #684
2016 434 434 #619
2015 460 460 #597
2014 490 490 #567
2013 476 476 #555
2012 499 499 #526
2011 536 536 #490
2010 592 592 #453
2009 607 607 #453
2008 725 725 #408
2007 5 732 737 #402
2006 816 816 #368
2005 800 800 #370
2004 826 826 #344
2003 899 899 #327
2002 922 922 #310
2001 6 965 971 #302
2000 920 920 #315
1999 972 972 #295
1998 5 1,011 1,016 #285
1997 6 1,013 1,019 #276
1996 11 1,058 1,069 #265
1995 10 1,078 1,088 #260
1994 6 1,203 1,209 #243
1993 7 1,255 1,262 #231
1992 10 1,393 1,403 #220
1991 10 1,464 1,474 #213
1990 11 1,460 1,471 #210
1989 17 1,494 1,511 #195
1988 20 1,472 1,492 #187
1987 20 1,488 1,508 #184
1986 23 1,535 1,558 #173
1985 24 1,591 1,615 #170
1984 22 1,592 1,614 #167
1983 20 1,614 1,634 #163
1982 19 1,872 1,891 #149
1981 34 1,860 1,894 #149
1980 20 1,990 2,010 #140
1979 28 1,965 1,993 #136
1978 39 2,039 2,078 #128
1977 43 2,124 2,167 #128
1976 34 2,170 2,204 #117
1975 39 2,239 2,278 #116
1974 48 2,346 2,394 #113
1973 45 2,522 2,567 #105
1972 54 2,825 2,879 #100
1971 56 3,149 3,205 #101
1970 68 3,570 3,638 #90
1969 69 3,617 3,686 #83
1968 80 3,522 3,602 #85
1967 62 3,717 3,779 #85
1966 92 4,334 4,426 #74
1965 77 4,833 4,910 #71
1964 90 5,821 5,911 #62
1963 94 6,379 6,473 #58
1962 102 6,793 6,895 #59
1961 109 7,056 7,165 #60
1960 130 7,314 7,444 #57
1959 154 7,389 7,543 #57
1958 159 7,065 7,224 #56
1957 172 6,767 6,939 #57
1956 196 6,124 6,320 #63
1955 183 5,856 6,039 #68
1954 215 5,873 6,088 #67
1953 191 5,797 5,988 #66
1952 174 5,892 6,066 #62
1951 196 5,824 6,020 #57
1950 204 6,033 6,237 #54
1949 217 6,535 6,752 #52
1948 203 7,288 7,491 #47
1947 227 7,904 8,131 #43
1946 220 7,536 7,756 #37
1945 194 6,625 6,819 #36
1944 201 7,062 7,263 #33
1943 230 7,308 7,538 #35
1942 236 7,383 7,619 #33
1941 226 7,158 7,384 #30
1940 217 7,216 7,433 #28
1939 249 7,189 7,438 #27
1938 239 7,438 7,677 #28
1937 226 7,745 7,971 #24
1936 243 8,023 8,266 #23
1935 224 7,555 7,779 #25
1934 265 7,090 7,355 #26
1933 250 6,411 6,661 #27
1932 244 6,690 6,934 #29
1931 228 6,456 6,684 #29
1930 249 6,873 7,122 #27
1929 218 6,596 6,814 #30
1928 212 6,682 6,894 #30
1927 231 6,542 6,773 #30
1926 212 6,338 6,550 #33
1925 158 6,107 6,265 #34
1924 151 6,044 6,195 #35
1923 143 6,003 6,146 #35
1922 149 6,089 6,238 #35
1921 137 6,204 6,341 #36
1920 134 6,071 6,205 #35
1919 130 5,709 5,839 #35
1918 114 5,805 5,919 #34
1917 97 5,142 5,239 #35
1916 101 4,911 5,012 #35
1915 114 4,648 4,762 #38
1914 77 3,712 3,789 #34
1913 62 2,806 2,868 #37
1912 65 2,515 2,580 #36
1911 45 1,449 1,494 #29
1910 42 1,553 1,595 #25
1909 43 1,292 1,335 #23
1908 32 1,209 1,241 #24
1907 30 1,177 1,207 #23
1906 42 1,020 1,062 #25
1905 28 1,024 1,052 #23
1904 17 959 976 #23
1903 25 895 920 #24
1902 30 955 985 #23
1901 13 756 769 #27
1900 33 1,179 1,212 #22
1899 18 780 798 #24
1898 20 827 847 #29
1897 24 798 822 #26
1896 12 767 779 #27
1895 27 763 790 #28
1894 23 741 764 #28
1893 24 721 745 #28
1892 11 819 830 #23
1891 21 584 605 #29
1890 20 682 702 #28
1889 18 709 727 #25
1888 24 789 813 #23
1887 10 685 695 #21
1886 15 759 774 #21
1885 12 681 693 #25
1884 12 759 771 #22
1883 16 607 623 #26
1882 15 739 754 #23
1881 10 639 649 #23
1880 5 731 736 #20