How Many People Are Named Joe?
people named Joe are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,729 people in the US has this name
Based on 464,574 babies named Joe in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
8,266 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of JOSEPH. Five famous sports figures who have had this name are boxers Joe Louis (1914-1981) and Joe Frazier (1944-), baseball player Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), and football quarterbacks Joe Namath (1943-) and Joe Montana (1956-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Joe in English. Counting Joe and these spellings together, about 312,647 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Joe, 2.5% were girls and 97.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Joe alive today is about 60 years old, and 61% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 50 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Joe first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1936, to 8,266 babies. In 2025, 230 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Joe never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #20, in 1880, and it was in the top 100 in 92 years between 1880 and 1972. In 2025 it ranked #994.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #994 |
| Best rank | #20 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | 92 (1880 to 1972) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #40 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Joe alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Joe were born in Texas than in any other state: about 48,591 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Joe was given 4.6 times as often in New Mexico, 3.4 times in Texas and 2.6 times in Arizona.
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