# Job (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/job/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “to be an enemy”, “enemy” |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒoʊb/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,399 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,399 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 91, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Iob, from Ancient Greek Ἰώβ (Iṓb), from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ), related to אָיַב (ʾāyaḇ, “to be an enemy”) and אוֹיֵב (ʾōyēḇ, “enemy”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 72 | 1,938 |
| 2012 | 66 | 2,081 |
| 2013 | 71 | 1,949 |
| 2014 | 82 | 1,821 |
| 2015 | 87 | 1,759 |
| 2016 | 81 | 1,852 |
| 2017 | 59 | 2,258 |
| 2018 | 61 | 2,246 |
| 2019 | 59 | 2,322 |
| 2020 | 52 | 2,484 |
| 2021 | 58 | 2,358 |
| 2022 | 67 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 42 | 2,974 |
| 2024 | 61 | 2,327 |
| 2025 | 49 | 2,659 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5 | 2,142 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1,746 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,070 |
| 2005 | 8 | 1,991 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,276 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |

## People named Job

- Job Cohen, Dutch politician
- Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde, Dutch painter (1630–1693)
- Job Getcha, Eastern Orthodox archbishop
- Job Charnock, British businessman
- Job Bicknell Ellis, American mycologist (1829–1905)
- Job de Ruiter, Dutch politician (1930-2015)
- Job Kienhuis, Dutch swimmer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.