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.

Joey*

#447 most common boys' name of all time · #975 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1915–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#447
Rank overall
#975 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
61,402
Since 2016
4,405
Peak year
1962 #200
Best rank
#194 1976
Girls Boys peak 1,572/yr
192019401960198020002020

Joey first appears in 1915. 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 146 274 420 #875
2024 164 267 431 #889
2023 167 258 425 #904
2022 161 264 425 #893
2021 178 252 430 #910
2020 153 253 406 #895
2019 132 306 438 #772
2018 151 323 474 #739
2017 146 301 447 #780
2016 154 355 509 #697
2015 95 318 413 #758
2014 119 370 489 #684
2013 73 382 455 #642
2012 83 404 487 #610
2011 90 408 498 #605
2010 102 405 507 #612
2009 99 408 507 #616
2008 111 448 559 #575
2007 135 470 605 #548
2006 127 474 601 #532
2005 146 482 628 #510
2004 121 508 629 #488
2003 133 496 629 #495
2002 92 448 540 #508
2001 95 435 530 #519
2000 80 481 561 #485
1999 70 449 519 #491
1998 71 403 474 #517
1997 56 441 497 #486
1996 49 470 519 #461
1995 67 507 574 #450
1994 53 554 607 #414
1993 53 653 706 #362
1992 54 575 629 #401
1991 60 651 711 #364
1990 44 685 729 #352
1989 42 605 647 #370
1988 47 619 666 #343
1987 39 720 759 #299
1986 45 655 700 #310
1985 48 763 811 #273
1984 58 742 800 #280
1983 80 791 871 #261
1982 74 1,001 1,075 #232
1981 101 1,072 1,173 #225
1980 126 1,154 1,280 #212
1979 173 1,095 1,268 #215
1978 148 1,072 1,220 #207
1977 197 1,213 1,410 #195
1976 203 1,160 1,363 #194
1975 224 840 1,064 #249
1974 232 855 1,087 #239
1973 208 872 1,080 #240
1972 185 912 1,097 #235
1971 167 1,070 1,237 #219
1970 198 1,137 1,335 #217
1969 142 1,191 1,333 #210
1968 145 1,111 1,256 #210
1967 83 1,068 1,151 #210
1966 55 1,032 1,087 #217
1965 26 1,120 1,146 #214
1964 33 1,362 1,395 #203
1963 18 1,382 1,400 #207
1962 43 1,529 1,572 #200
1961 29 1,257 1,286 #220
1960 23 1,206 1,229 #229
1959 26 1,121 1,147 #240
1958 40 1,067 1,107 #238
1957 43 1,041 1,084 #237
1956 29 946 975 #239
1955 26 693 719 #271
1954 30 500 530 #324
1953 28 328 356 #386
1952 17 241 258 #455
1951 26 196 222 #482
1950 27 188 215 #491
1949 15 154 169 #538
1948 15 153 168 #537
1947 14 174 188 #516
1946 16 121 137 #584
1945 20 120 140 #547
1944 20 137 157 #521
1943 14 131 145 #549
1942 22 96 118 #661
1941 8 52 60 #887
1940 5 65 70 #769
1939 9 49 58 #899
1938 11 31 42 #1,198
1937 11 38 49 #1,055
1936 12 31 43 #1,204
1935 9 35 44 #1,122
1934 11 26 37 #1,355
1933 14 22 36 #1,496
1932 12 28 40 #1,322
1931 7 24 31 #1,456
1930 5 24 29 #1,530
1929 6 16 22 #1,998
1928 7 19 26 #1,820
1927 5 14 19 #2,290
1926 6 15 21 #2,180
1925 8 11 19 #2,738
1924 9 14 23 #2,342
1923 8 5 13 #4,583
1922 6 12 18 #2,617
1921 11 8 19 #3,450
1920 5 5 #4,628
1919 7 8 15 #3,337
1918 7 7
1916 9 9 #2,906
1915 6 6 #3,758