How Many People Are Named Joab?
people named Joab are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 349,116 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,000 babies named Joab in Social Security records from 1965 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
60 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "YAHWEH is father" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament, he was the commander of King David's army. In separate incidents he killed both Abner and Absalom. When Solomon came to power he was executed.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Joab in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Joab alive today is about 17 years old, and 80% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Joab first appears in the records in 1965, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 60 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1965 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Joab has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,319, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #2,319.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,319 |
| Best rank | #2,319 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,903 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Joab alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Joab were born in California than in any other state: about 124 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Joab was given 4.2 times as often in California and 2.8 times in Texas.
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