Joey-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JOH-ee-JAYMZ
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Joey-James is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add + heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Joey-James mean?
Hebrew: Joey + James
“he will add + heel-holder, supplanter”
Joins Joey (Hebrew, “he will add”) and James (Hebrew, “heel-holder, supplanter”).
Meanings borrowed from Joey and James.
Is Joey-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Joey-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joey-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Joey-James, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Joey-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Joey-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
Names like Joey-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tobias, Elias, Jesse, Elijah, Joey, Jonah, Zachary, Josiah, Theodore, Isaiah, Noah, Eli
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). 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-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joey-james, updated 20 October 2026.