Joby
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JOH-bee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
Joby is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).
What does Joby mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Job, sometimes of Joseph
Job is the patient sufferer of the Old Testament's Book of Job.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Joby a girl's or a boy's name?
Joby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joby in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Joby, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 15 boys.
2025 had more boys named Joby than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Joby in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were given Joby or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,763, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
- Joby 9
- Jobie 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Joby in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Joby in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1939.
Half of all the boys named Joby in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1976, 20% of the babies named Joby in the US were girls.
Joby in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 37 | #1,515 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,703 |
| 1974 | 33 | #1,520 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,612 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,559 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,727 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,613 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1966 | 20 | #1,722 |
| 1965 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 23 | #1,658 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
Names like Joby
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Toby, Joey, Jacob, Zachary, Joshua, Jamie, Adam, Matthew, Jeremy, Joel, Nathan, Daniel
Other spellings of Joby
Names related to Joby
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Ethan, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Joby: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joby, updated 20 October 2026.