Joe
Boy · JOH · Hebrew
Big in Northern Ireland
Joe is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 624th for boys in the UK (67 babies) and 991st for boys in the US (230 babies).
What does Joe mean?
Hebrew: short form of Joseph
“he will add”
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Is Joe a girl's or a boy's name?
Joe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 67 boys in the UK and 230 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joe in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #624among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 67about 1 in 4,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 67 boys in the UK were named Joe, making it the 624th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 345th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 1,619 boys.
Half of all the boys named Joe in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 81 boys in the UK were given Joe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #500, up from #624 for this spelling alone.
- Joe 67
- Gio 14
Among boys in 2025, it was 687th in England and Wales, 647th in Scotland and 185th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#53) and 2004 (#56).
Joe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #624 |
| 2024 | 61 | #672 |
| 2023 | 92 | #479 |
| 2022 | 87 | #506 |
| 2021 | 113 | #423 |
| 2020 | 146 | #345 |
| 2019 | 143 | #356 |
| 2018 | 186 | #299 |
| 2017 | 225 | #264 |
| 2016 | 255 | #239 |
| 2015 | 334 | #194 |
| 2014 | 340 | #192 |
| 2013 | 354 | #184 |
| 2012 | 451 | #147 |
| 2011 | 496 | #139 |
| 2010 | 675 | #110 |
| 2009 | 778 | #95 |
| 2008 | 873 | #92 |
| 2007 | 907 | #88 |
| 2006 | 907 | #87 |
| 2005 | 1,104 | #72 |
| 2004 | 1,218 | #63 |
| 2003 | 1,184 | #61 |
| 2002 | 1,259 | #56 |
| 2001 | 1,363 | #52 |
| 2000 | 1,472 | #52 |
| 1999 | 1,349 | #59 |
| 1998 | 1,256 | #62 |
| 1997 | 1,521 | #54 |
| 1996 | 1,619 | #51 |
How popular is Joe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #991among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 230about 1 in 7,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 230 boys in the US were named Joe, making it the 991st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 728th. Its busiest year was 1936, with 8,023 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Joe since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Joe in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 435 boys in the US were given Joe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #613, up from #991 for this spelling alone.
Joe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 230 | #991 |
| 2024 | 272 | #882 |
| 2023 | 256 | #909 |
| 2022 | 262 | #895 |
| 2021 | 310 | #794 |
| 2020 | 337 | #728 |
| 2019 | 350 | #707 |
| 2018 | 347 | #696 |
| 2017 | 365 | #684 |
| 2016 | 434 | #619 |
| 2015 | 460 | #597 |
| 2014 | 490 | #567 |
| 2013 | 476 | #555 |
| 2012 | 499 | #526 |
| 2011 | 536 | #490 |
| 2010 | 592 | #453 |
| 2009 | 607 | #453 |
| 2008 | 725 | #408 |
| 2007 | 732 | #402 |
| 2006 | 816 | #368 |
| 2005 | 800 | #370 |
| 2004 | 826 | #344 |
| 2003 | 899 | #327 |
| 2002 | 922 | #310 |
| 2001 | 965 | #302 |
| 2000 | 920 | #315 |
| 1999 | 972 | #295 |
| 1998 | 1,011 | #285 |
| 1997 | 1,013 | #276 |
| 1996 | 1,058 | #265 |
| 1995 | 1,078 | #260 |
| 1994 | 1,203 | #243 |
| 1993 | 1,255 | #231 |
| 1992 | 1,393 | #220 |
| 1991 | 1,464 | #213 |
| 1990 | 1,460 | #210 |
| 1989 | 1,494 | #195 |
| 1988 | 1,472 | #187 |
| 1987 | 1,488 | #184 |
| 1986 | 1,535 | #173 |
| 1985 | 1,591 | #170 |
| 1984 | 1,592 | #167 |
| 1983 | 1,614 | #163 |
| 1982 | 1,872 | #149 |
| 1981 | 1,860 | #149 |
| 1980 | 1,990 | #140 |
| 1979 | 1,965 | #136 |
| 1978 | 2,039 | #128 |
| 1977 | 2,124 | #128 |
| 1976 | 2,170 | #117 |
| 1975 | 2,239 | #116 |
| 1974 | 2,346 | #113 |
| 1973 | 2,522 | #105 |
| 1972 | 2,825 | #100 |
| 1971 | 3,149 | #101 |
| 1970 | 3,570 | #90 |
| 1969 | 3,617 | #83 |
| 1968 | 3,522 | #85 |
| 1967 | 3,717 | #85 |
| 1966 | 4,334 | #74 |
| 1965 | 4,833 | #71 |
| 1964 | 5,821 | #62 |
| 1963 | 6,379 | #58 |
| 1962 | 6,793 | #59 |
| 1961 | 7,056 | #60 |
| 1960 | 7,314 | #57 |
| 1959 | 7,389 | #57 |
| 1958 | 7,065 | #56 |
| 1957 | 6,767 | #57 |
| 1956 | 6,124 | #63 |
| 1955 | 5,856 | #68 |
| 1954 | 5,873 | #67 |
| 1953 | 5,797 | #66 |
| 1952 | 5,892 | #62 |
| 1951 | 5,824 | #57 |
| 1950 | 6,033 | #54 |
| 1949 | 6,535 | #52 |
| 1948 | 7,288 | #47 |
| 1947 | 7,904 | #43 |
| 1946 | 7,536 | #37 |
| 1945 | 6,625 | #36 |
| 1944 | 7,062 | #33 |
| 1943 | 7,308 | #35 |
| 1942 | 7,383 | #33 |
| 1941 | 7,158 | #30 |
| 1940 | 7,216 | #28 |
| 1939 | 7,189 | #27 |
| 1938 | 7,438 | #28 |
| 1937 | 7,745 | #24 |
| 1936 | 8,023 | #23 |
| 1935 | 7,555 | #25 |
| 1934 | 7,090 | #26 |
| 1933 | 6,411 | #27 |
| 1932 | 6,690 | #29 |
| 1931 | 6,456 | #29 |
| 1930 | 6,873 | #27 |
| 1929 | 6,596 | #30 |
| 1928 | 6,682 | #30 |
| 1927 | 6,542 | #30 |
| 1926 | 6,338 | #33 |
| 1925 | 6,107 | #34 |
| 1924 | 6,044 | #35 |
| 1923 | 6,003 | #35 |
| 1922 | 6,089 | #35 |
| 1921 | 6,204 | #36 |
| 1920 | 6,071 | #35 |
| 1919 | 5,709 | #35 |
| 1918 | 5,805 | #34 |
| 1917 | 5,142 | #35 |
| 1916 | 4,911 | #35 |
| 1915 | 4,648 | #38 |
| 1914 | 3,712 | #34 |
| 1913 | 2,806 | #37 |
| 1912 | 2,515 | #36 |
| 1911 | 1,449 | #29 |
| 1910 | 1,553 | #25 |
| 1909 | 1,292 | #23 |
| 1908 | 1,209 | #24 |
| 1907 | 1,177 | #23 |
| 1906 | 1,020 | #25 |
| 1905 | 1,024 | #23 |
| 1904 | 959 | #23 |
| 1903 | 895 | #24 |
| 1902 | 955 | #23 |
| 1901 | 756 | #27 |
| 1900 | 1,179 | #22 |
| 1899 | 780 | #24 |
| 1898 | 827 | #29 |
| 1897 | 798 | #26 |
| 1896 | 767 | #27 |
| 1895 | 763 | #28 |
| 1894 | 741 | #28 |
| 1893 | 721 | #28 |
| 1892 | 819 | #23 |
| 1891 | 584 | #29 |
| 1890 | 682 | #28 |
| 1889 | 709 | #25 |
| 1888 | 789 | #23 |
| 1887 | 685 | #21 |
| 1886 | 759 | #21 |
| 1885 | 681 | #25 |
| 1884 | 759 | #22 |
| 1883 | 607 | #26 |
| 1882 | 739 | #23 |
| 1881 | 639 | #23 |
| 1880 | 731 | #20 |
Nicknames for Joe
- Joey 423 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Joe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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