Joey
Joey is ranked 889th among boys in 2024 (266 births). Its best rank was 194th, in 1976.
- Rank in 2024
- #889up 20 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2660.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 19621,529 births
- Best rank
- #194in 1976
- Since 1915
- 60,971people given the name
The story in the numbers
53,474 boys have been named Joey in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 1,529 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 683 → 889).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1960s alone account for 23%. It has spent 86 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 7,497 girls have also been given it, 12% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Joey | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 23 | |
| 1920s | 119 | |
| 1930s | 308 | |
| 1940s | 1,203 | |
| 1950s | 6,321 | |
| 1960s | 12,259 | |
| 1970s | 10,225 | |
| 1980s | 8,122 | |
| 1990s | 5,388 | |
| 2000s | 4,649 | |
| 2010s | 3,569 | |
| 2020s | 1,288 |
In 1962, its biggest year
Joey was the 200th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1962 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Joey
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Chetpeak 1963
- Kevinpeak 1963
- Timmothypeak 1960
- Brienpeak 1963
- Wilfredopeak 1980
- Kelvinpeak 1961
- Reinaldopeak 1963
- Rustypeak 1961
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.