Job
Boy · Hebrew
Job is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “to be an enemy”. In 2025 it ranked 2,641st for boys in the US (49 babies).
What does Job mean?
Hebrew
“to be an enemy”
A male given name from Hebrew.
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Is Job a girl's or a boy's name?
Job is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Job in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Job in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Job in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Job in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,641among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 49about 1 in 35,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 49 boys in the US were named Job, making it the 2,641st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,466th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 89 boys. It first appears in the records in 1891.
Half of all the boys named Job in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Job in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #2,641 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,313 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,951 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,167 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,348 |
| 2020 | 52 | #2,466 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,309 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,229 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 2016 | 81 | #1,845 |
| 2015 | 87 | #1,753 |
| 2014 | 82 | #1,812 |
| 2013 | 71 | #1,941 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,065 |
| 2011 | 72 | #1,926 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,068 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,182 |
| 2008 | 71 | #1,980 |
| 2007 | 72 | #1,951 |
| 2006 | 77 | #1,790 |
| 2005 | 77 | #1,722 |
| 2004 | 89 | #1,500 |
| 2003 | 82 | #1,545 |
| 2002 | 77 | #1,586 |
| 2001 | 66 | #1,729 |
| 2000 | 87 | #1,416 |
| 1999 | 87 | #1,363 |
| 1998 | 76 | #1,462 |
| 1997 | 73 | #1,465 |
| 1996 | 71 | #1,443 |
| 1995 | 60 | #1,554 |
| 1994 | 47 | #1,817 |
| 1993 | 51 | #1,694 |
| 1992 | 47 | #1,773 |
| 1991 | 55 | #1,551 |
| 1990 | 47 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 40 | #1,853 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 45 | #1,561 |
| 1986 | 32 | #1,871 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 40 | #1,515 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,733 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1979 | 26 | #1,991 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,529 |
| 1974 | 40 | #1,351 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,612 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
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