Jobe is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “persecuted”, variant of Job; also an English surname. A variant of Job, the patient sufferer of the biblical Book of Job.

Jobe

Gender: Boy
Say it: JOHB
Origin: Hebrew
UK rank, 2025: #2,511 for boys
US rank, 2025: #5,859 for boys

Jobe is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “persecuted”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).

What does Jobe mean?

Hebrew: variant of Job; also an English surname

“persecuted”

A variant of Job, the patient sufferer of the biblical Book of Job.

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

Jobe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jobe in the UK?

Rank in 2025: 2,511th among boys
Babies in 2025: 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend: Rising up 53% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Jobe, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 21 boys.

Half of all the boys named Jobe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 21 in 20052025

Jobe in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	9	#2,511
2024	13	#1,917
2023	7	#2,965
2022	0	–
2021	6	#3,179
2020	3	#4,803
2019	8	#2,633
2018	8	#2,576
2017	8	#2,656
2016	9	#2,468
2015	7	#2,855
2014	3	#4,829
2013	10	#2,176
2012	9	#2,382
2011	16	#1,542
2010	7	#2,775
2009	5	#3,395
2008	17	#1,436
2007	16	#1,458
2006	12	#1,640
2005	21	#1,098
2004	7	#2,157
2003	14	#1,272
2002	11	#1,384
2001	15	#1,103
2000	11	#1,308
1999	6	#1,941
1998	13	#1,112
1997	9	#1,412
1996	14	#1,021

How popular is Jobe in the US?

Rank in 2025: 5,859th among boys
Babies in 2025: 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steady down 19% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Jobe, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2003, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.

Half of all the boys named Jobe in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

1882Busiest: 41 in 20032025

Jobe in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	15	#5,859
2024	12	#6,827
2023	15	#5,922
2022	9	#8,293
2021	11	#7,084
2020	19	#4,851
2019	13	#6,401
2018	20	#4,735
2017	21	#4,590
2016	20	#4,775
2015	16	#5,503
2014	28	#3,691
2013	23	#4,178
2012	30	#3,527
2011	29	#3,604
2010	26	#3,893
2009	23	#4,276
2008	23	#4,264
2007	24	#4,125
2006	39	#2,880
2005	36	#2,898
2004	29	#3,281
2003	41	#2,503
2002	35	#2,681
2001	30	#2,983
2000	29	#2,987
1999	27	#3,027
1998	27	#2,923
1997	30	#2,609
1996	18	#3,672
1995	24	#2,918
1994	18	#3,590
1993	23	#2,937
1992	13	#4,319
1991	14	#3,998
1990	10	#4,986
1989	12	#4,265
1988	15	#3,345
1987	18	#2,834
1986	15	#3,128
1985	7	#5,142
1984	7	#4,969
1983	12	#3,410
1982	10	#3,964
1981	9	#4,151
1980	11	#3,614
1979	17	#2,668
1978	8	#4,155
1977	14	#2,909
1976	12	#3,093
1975	14	#2,749
1974	12	#2,944
1973	13	#2,714
1972	10	#3,150
1971	7	#3,961
1970	5	#4,722
1969	5	#4,403
1968	5	#4,135
1967	0	–
1966	0	–
1965	6	#3,535
1964	0	–
1963	7	#3,317
1962	0	–
1961	0	–
1960	5	#4,036
1959	8	#3,036
1958	7	#3,273
1957	7	#3,255
1956	6	#3,533
1955	0	–
1954	0	–
1953	5	#3,796
1952	12	#2,250
1951	0	–
1950	7	#3,020
1949	0	–
1948	0	–
1947	6	#3,369
1946	0	–
1945	0	–
1944	0	–
1943	6	#3,229
1942	5	#3,559
1941	0	–
1940	5	#3,458
1939	8	#2,609
1938	0	–
1937	5	#3,516
1936	0	–
1935	5	#3,644
1934	5	#3,677
1933	0	–
1932	7	#3,091
1931	7	#3,094
1930	5	#3,999
1929	7	#3,245
1928	10	#2,659
1927	0	–
1926	9	#2,902
1925	6	#3,739
1924	14	#2,229
1923	5	#4,236
1922	8	#3,250
1921	6	#3,867
1920	11	#2,601
1919	10	#2,664
1918	11	#2,542
1917	8	#2,955
1916	10	#2,542
1915	0	–
1914	0	–
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	6	#941
1896	0	–
1895	0	–
1894	0	–
1893	0	–
1892	0	–
1891	0	–
1890	0	–
1889	0	–
1888	0	–
1887	6	#819
1886	0	–
1885	0	–
1884	0	–
1883	0	–
1882	6	#836

Names like Jobe

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

Jake, Jude, Luke, Jacob, Jesse, Joshua, Jack, Adam, Nathan, Benjamin, Jordan, Jamie

Names related to Jobe

Joby, Jobie, Job, Joab

More Hebrew names

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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, “Jobe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jobe, updated 20 October 2026.