# Joey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/joey/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.i/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 61,402 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 53,758 / 7,644 (12% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7,189, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Joe + -y.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 90 | 2,133 |
| 2012 | 83 | 2,271 |
| 2013 | 73 | 2,469 |
| 2014 | 119 | 1,750 |
| 2015 | 95 | 2,067 |
| 2016 | 154 | 1,491 |
| 2017 | 146 | 1,519 |
| 2018 | 151 | 1,456 |
| 2019 | 132 | 1,609 |
| 2020 | 153 | 1,429 |
| 2021 | 178 | 1,288 |
| 2022 | 161 | 1,414 |
| 2023 | 167 | 1,351 |
| 2024 | 164 | 1,380 |
| 2025 | 146 | 1,474 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 408 | 605 |
| 2012 | 404 | 609 |
| 2013 | 382 | 643 |
| 2014 | 370 | 684 |
| 2015 | 318 | 758 |
| 2016 | 355 | 696 |
| 2017 | 301 | 780 |
| 2018 | 323 | 739 |
| 2019 | 306 | 772 |
| 2020 | 253 | 895 |
| 2021 | 252 | 911 |
| 2022 | 264 | 892 |
| 2023 | 258 | 903 |
| 2024 | 267 | 890 |
| 2025 | 274 | 877 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 11 | 2,085 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,535 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 165 | 273 |
| 2012 | 336 | 176 |
| 2013 | 624 | 102 |
| 2014 | 627 | 97 |
| 2015 | 543 | 117 |
| 2016 | 459 | 131 |
| 2017 | 451 | 132 |
| 2018 | 382 | 147 |
| 2019 | 408 | 139 |
| 2020 | 405 | 137 |
| 2021 | 449 | 126 |
| 2022 | 365 | 146 |
| 2023 | 324 | 160 |
| 2024 | 301 | 168 |
| 2025 | 324 | 163 |

## People named Joey

- Joey King, American actress (born 1999)
- Joey Barton, English professional football manager and former player (born 1982)
- Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
- Joey Veerman, Dutch association football player (born 1998)
- Joey Bishop, American entertainer (1918–2007)
- Joey Didulica, Croatian-Australian footballer (born 1977)
- Joey Santiago, American guitarist
- Joey DeMaio, American bassist
- Joey Cheek, American speed skater
- Joey Votto, Canadian former professional baseball player (born 1983)
- Joey Bada$$, American rapper
- Joey Bragg, American actor and comedian

## 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.