How Many People Are Named Joao?
people named Joao are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 151,634 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,353 babies named Joao in Social Security records from 1918 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
135 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Portuguese form of Iohannes (see JOHN).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Joao in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Joao alive today is about 19 years old, and 75% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Joao first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 2024, to 135 babies. In 2025, 121 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Joao has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,391, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #1,471.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,471 |
| Best rank | #1,391 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,658 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Joao alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Joao were born in California than in any other state: about 297 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Joao was given 12.4 times as often in Massachusetts, 4.9 times in New Jersey and 2.6 times in Florida.
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