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Joah

Gender
Boy
Say it
JOH-a
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#2,202 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,020 for boys

Joah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “the Lord is brother”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 2,020th for boys in the US (74 babies).

What does Joah mean?

Hebrew: from Yoach

“the Lord is brother”

In 2 Kings, Joah son of Asaph is King Hezekiah's recorder, sent to meet the Assyrian envoys.

Is Joah a girl's or a boy's name?

Joah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 74 boys in the US.

How popular is Joah in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,202among boys
Babies in 2025
11about 1 in 27,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 33% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Joah, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 12 boys.

Half of all the boys named Joah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.

2005Busiest: 12 in 20162025
Joah in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202511#2,202
202410#2,328
20237#2,965
202211#2,143
20218#2,619
20206#3,108
20198#2,633
20187#2,823
20177#2,875
201612#2,007
20155#3,527
20149#2,378
20139#2,334
20123#4,999
20113#4,837
20105#3,478
20095#3,395
20080–
20070–
20060–
20055#2,885

How popular is Joah in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,020among boys
Babies in 2025
74about 1 in 23,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 52% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 74 boys in the US were named Joah, making it the 2,020th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,805th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 79 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977. 5 girls were also named Joah in 2025 (14,937th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Joah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 83 boys in the US were given Joah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,646, up from #2,020 for this spelling alone.

1977Busiest: 79 in 20232025
Joah in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202574#2,020
202471#2,098
202379#1,953
202249#2,674
202157#2,372
202043#2,805
201955#2,420
201849#2,578
201750#2,531
201649#2,550
201558#2,275
201461#2,203
201337#2,996
201239#2,952
201150#2,477
201039#2,957
200941#2,893
200832#3,419
200741#2,866
200632#3,304
200531#3,237
200424#3,731
200325#3,523
200220#4,038
200118#4,296
200015#4,779
199910#6,036
199816#4,193
19977#7,275
19966#7,964
199512#4,785
19947#6,962
19930–
19920–
19918#5,934
19900–
19890–
19885#7,264
19870–
19860–
19850–
19848#4,549
198311#3,629
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19785#5,769
19777#4,580

Names like Joah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Noah Jonah Jude Jaxon Ezra Axel Luca Elijah Asher Josiah Judah Jenson

Other spellings of Joah

Joa

Names related to Joah

Joao Jo Jah

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Joah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joah, updated 20 October 2026.