Joplin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOP-lin
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Joplin is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Joplin mean?
English: English surname and the name of a Missouri city
The ragtime composer Scott Joplin and the singer Janis Joplin are famous bearers of the surname.
Is Joplin a girl's or a boy's name?
Joplin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joplin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Joplin, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Joplin in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joplin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
Names like Joplin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Journee Juniper Leighton Tru Sevyn Palmer Harper Londyn Wren Sutton Harlow Jovie
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
Sources
Figures from 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, “Joplin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joplin, updated 20 October 2026.