Joby
Joby is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 197737 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1939
- 1,242people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,174 boys have been named Joby in the United States since 1939, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1977, with 37 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1970s alone account for 25%.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 68 girls have also been given it, 5.5% of the total.
By decade
In 1977, its biggest year
Joby was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1977 were Michael, Jason, Christopher, David and James. See all of 1977.
Names that rose and fell with Joby
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Demetriospeak 1974
- Shanpeak 1969
- Brantpeak 1970
- Dawaynepeak 1977
- Dionpeak 1970
- Rodrickpeak 1977
- Torrencepeak 1973
- Sedricpeak 1982
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.