# Joe (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/joe/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 464,574 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 453,255 / 11,319 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 19,216, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 23 | 3,686 |
| 1987 | 20 | 4,181 |
| 1988 | 20 | 4,381 |
| 1989 | 17 | 5,147 |
| 1990 | 11 | 7,537 |
| 1991 | 10 | 8,241 |
| 1992 | 10 | 8,350 |
| 1993 | 7 | 11,085 |
| 1994 | 6 | 12,473 |
| 1995 | 10 | 8,356 |
| 1996 | 11 | 7,822 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12,793 |
| 1998 | 5 | 15,200 |
| 2001 | 6 | 14,325 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,902 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 536 | 490 |
| 2012 | 499 | 526 |
| 2013 | 476 | 555 |
| 2014 | 490 | 568 |
| 2015 | 460 | 597 |
| 2016 | 434 | 619 |
| 2017 | 365 | 685 |
| 2018 | 347 | 697 |
| 2019 | 350 | 707 |
| 2020 | 337 | 728 |
| 2021 | 310 | 794 |
| 2022 | 262 | 896 |
| 2023 | 256 | 909 |
| 2024 | 272 | 884 |
| 2025 | 230 | 994 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 443 | 140 |
| 2012 | 399 | 147 |
| 2013 | 285 | 194 |
| 2014 | 291 | 195 |
| 2015 | 281 | 206 |
| 2016 | 205 | 256 |
| 2017 | 169 | 294 |
| 2018 | 151 | 316 |
| 2019 | 116 | 374 |
| 2020 | 116 | 374 |
| 2021 | 88 | 465 |
| 2022 | 70 | 548 |
| 2023 | 63 | 587 |
| 2024 | 43 | 785 |
| 2025 | 52 | 687 |

## People named Joe

- Joe Frazier, American boxer (1944–2011)
- Billie Joe Armstrong, American rock musician (born 1972)
- Joe Pesci, American actor
- Joe Louis, American boxer (1914-1981)
- Joe Hart, English association football player
- Joe Alaskey, American actor (1952–2016)
- Joe Satriani, American guitarist
- Joe Cole, English association football player (born 1981)
- Joe Flaherty, American actor, writer, and comedian (1941–2024)
- Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (1914–1999)
- Joe Rogan, American broadcaster, comedian, and actor (born 1967)
- Joe Gomez, English association football player (born 1997)

## 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.