Joey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JOH-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #134 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #874 for boys
Joey is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 134th for boys in the UK (423 babies) and 874th for boys in the US (274 babies).
What does Joey mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Joseph
“he will add”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Joey a girl's or a boy's name?
Joey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 423 boys in the UK and 146 girls and 274 boys in the US.
How popular is Joey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 134th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 423 about 1 in 710 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 423 boys in the UK were named Joey, making it the 134th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 131st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 701 boys. 7 girls were also named Joey in 2025 (3,409th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Joey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 163rd in England and Wales, 75th in Scotland and 72nd in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#97).
Joey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 423 | #134 |
| 2024 | 369 | #160 |
| 2023 | 398 | #152 |
| 2022 | 431 | #143 |
| 2021 | 514 | #130 |
| 2020 | 485 | #131 |
| 2019 | 470 | #138 |
| 2018 | 444 | #149 |
| 2017 | 502 | #132 |
| 2016 | 514 | #131 |
| 2015 | 598 | #119 |
| 2014 | 701 | #100 |
| 2013 | 686 | #104 |
| 2012 | 368 | #183 |
| 2011 | 176 | #294 |
| 2010 | 98 | #433 |
| 2009 | 132 | #341 |
| 2008 | 96 | #431 |
| 2007 | 85 | #452 |
| 2006 | 96 | #396 |
| 2005 | 110 | #320 |
| 2004 | 82 | #384 |
| 2003 | 51 | #525 |
| 2002 | 36 | #615 |
| 2001 | 41 | #542 |
| 2000 | 41 | #541 |
| 1999 | 33 | #611 |
| 1998 | 30 | #657 |
| 1997 | 20 | #840 |
| 1996 | 22 | #746 |
How popular is Joey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 874th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 274 about 1 in 6,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 274 boys in the US were named Joey, making it the 874th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 895th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 1,529 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915. 146 girls were also named Joey in 2025 (1,467th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Joey than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Joey in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 35% of the babies named Joey in the US were girls.
Joey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 274 | #874 |
| 2024 | 267 | #888 |
| 2023 | 258 | #901 |
| 2022 | 264 | #891 |
| 2021 | 252 | #910 |
| 2020 | 253 | #895 |
| 2019 | 306 | #772 |
| 2018 | 323 | #739 |
| 2017 | 301 | #777 |
| 2016 | 355 | #695 |
| 2015 | 318 | #757 |
| 2014 | 370 | #684 |
| 2013 | 382 | #642 |
| 2012 | 404 | #609 |
| 2011 | 408 | #604 |
| 2010 | 405 | #612 |
| 2009 | 408 | #616 |
| 2008 | 448 | #575 |
| 2007 | 470 | #547 |
| 2006 | 474 | #532 |
| 2005 | 482 | #510 |
| 2004 | 508 | #487 |
| 2003 | 496 | #494 |
| 2002 | 448 | #508 |
| 2001 | 435 | #518 |
| 2000 | 481 | #485 |
| 1999 | 449 | #491 |
| 1998 | 403 | #517 |
| 1997 | 441 | #486 |
| 1996 | 470 | #459 |
| 1995 | 507 | #449 |
| 1994 | 554 | #411 |
| 1993 | 653 | #361 |
| 1992 | 575 | #400 |
| 1991 | 651 | #362 |
| 1990 | 685 | #352 |
| 1989 | 605 | #370 |
| 1988 | 619 | #343 |
| 1987 | 720 | #299 |
| 1986 | 655 | #310 |
| 1985 | 763 | #273 |
| 1984 | 742 | #280 |
| 1983 | 791 | #261 |
| 1982 | 1,001 | #232 |
| 1981 | 1,072 | #225 |
| 1980 | 1,154 | #212 |
| 1979 | 1,095 | #215 |
| 1978 | 1,072 | #207 |
| 1977 | 1,213 | #195 |
| 1976 | 1,160 | #194 |
| 1975 | 840 | #247 |
| 1974 | 855 | #239 |
| 1973 | 872 | #240 |
| 1972 | 912 | #235 |
| 1971 | 1,070 | #219 |
| 1970 | 1,137 | #217 |
| 1969 | 1,191 | #210 |
| 1968 | 1,111 | #210 |
| 1967 | 1,068 | #209 |
| 1966 | 1,032 | #217 |
| 1965 | 1,120 | #214 |
| 1964 | 1,362 | #203 |
| 1963 | 1,382 | #207 |
| 1962 | 1,529 | #200 |
| 1961 | 1,257 | #220 |
| 1960 | 1,206 | #229 |
| 1959 | 1,121 | #240 |
| 1958 | 1,067 | #238 |
| 1957 | 1,041 | #237 |
| 1956 | 946 | #239 |
| 1955 | 693 | #271 |
| 1954 | 500 | #322 |
| 1953 | 328 | #384 |
| 1952 | 241 | #454 |
| 1951 | 196 | #481 |
| 1950 | 188 | #490 |
| 1949 | 154 | #534 |
| 1948 | 153 | #535 |
| 1947 | 174 | #516 |
| 1946 | 121 | #581 |
| 1945 | 120 | #546 |
| 1944 | 137 | #519 |
| 1943 | 131 | #545 |
| 1942 | 96 | #652 |
| 1941 | 52 | #876 |
| 1940 | 65 | #768 |
| 1939 | 49 | #888 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,171 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,031 |
| 1936 | 31 | #1,182 |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,098 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,456 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,286 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,427 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,496 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,933 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,760 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
Names like Joey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Toby, Zachary, Bobby, Blake, Gabriel, Frankie, Dexter, Tommy, Lenny, Sonny, Jacob, Jonah
Names related to Joey
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Joey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joey, updated 20 October 2026.