How Many People Are Named Joby?
people named Joby are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 302,464 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,242 babies named Joby in Social Security records from 1939 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
45 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of JOB.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Joby, 5.4% were girls and 94.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Joby fell from 11.6% in the 1960s to 0% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Joby alive today is about 40 years old, and 57% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Joby first appears in the records in 1939 and was given most often in 1976, to 45 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1939 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Joby has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,485, in 1972.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,485 (1972) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,715 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Joby alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Joby were born in Texas than in any other state: about 11 of those alive today.
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