How Many People Are Named Joey?
people named Joey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,334 people in the US has this name
Based on 61,402 babies named Joey in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,572 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of JOSEPH. It is occasionally used as a feminine diminutive of JOSEPHINE or JOHANNA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Joey, 13.2% were girls and 86.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1920s: 35.7% of the babies were girls then and 38.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Joey alive today is about 42 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 27 and 58 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Joey first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1962, to 1,572 babies. In 2025, 420 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Joey has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #194, in 1976. In 2025 it ranked #877. Among girls, its best rank was #658, in 1974.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #877 | #1,474 |
| Best rank | #194 (1976) | #658 (1974) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #215 in the 1960s | #765 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Joey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Joey were born in California than in any other state: about 7,603 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Joey was given about 2 times as often in Louisiana, New Mexico and South Carolina.
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