Is Joe a boy or girl name?
Joe is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 272 boys were named Joe, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 2.4% of the 464,326 US babies named Joe were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #883
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Joe since 1880
- 464,326
- Most popular year
- 1936
- 8,266 babies
Boys and girls named Joe, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7,098 | 137 | 1.9% |
| 1890s | 7,482 | 200 | 2.6% |
| 1900s | 10,466 | 293 | 2.7% |
| 1910s | 38,250 | 847 | 2.2% |
| 1920s | 62,676 | 1,745 | 2.7% |
| 1930s | 71,468 | 2,417 | 3.3% |
| 1940s | 72,013 | 2,171 | 2.9% |
| 1950s | 62,620 | 1,844 | 2.9% |
| 1960s | 53,385 | 904 | 1.7% |
| 1970s | 24,947 | 454 | 1.8% |
| 1980s | 16,508 | 219 | 1.3% |
| 1990s | 11,907 | 76 | 0.6% |
| 2000s | 8,203 | 11 | 0.1% |
| 2010s | 4,548 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 1,437 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 272 | #883 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 256 | #908 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 262 | #895 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 310 | #794 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 337 | #728 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 350 | #707 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 347 | #697 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 365 | #685 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 434 | #619 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 460 | #597 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 490 | #568 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 476 | #555 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 498 | #527 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 536 | #490 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 592 | #453 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 606 | #453 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 724 | #410 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 732 | #402 | 5 | #18,900 |
| 2006 | 814 | #368 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 799 | #370 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 823 | #346 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 899 | #327 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 922 | #310 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 965 | #302 | 6 | #14,324 |
| 2000 | 919 | #315 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 972 | #295 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1,011 | #285 | 5 | #15,200 |
| 1997 | 1,013 | #276 | 6 | #12,793 |
| 1996 | 1,059 | #265 | 11 | #7,822 |
| 1995 | 1,078 | #260 | 10 | #8,356 |
| 1994 | 1,203 | #243 | 6 | #12,472 |
| 1993 | 1,255 | #231 | 7 | #11,085 |
| 1992 | 1,393 | #220 | 10 | #8,351 |
| 1991 | 1,464 | #213 | 10 | #8,240 |
| 1990 | 1,459 | #210 | 11 | #7,536 |
| 1989 | 1,493 | #195 | 17 | #5,147 |
| 1988 | 1,472 | #187 | 20 | #4,381 |
| 1987 | 1,488 | #184 | 20 | #4,181 |
| 1986 | 1,537 | #173 | 23 | #3,686 |
| 1985 | 1,590 | #170 | 24 | #3,561 |
| 1984 | 1,592 | #167 | 22 | #3,653 |
| 1983 | 1,614 | #163 | 20 | #3,867 |
| 1982 | 1,872 | #149 | 19 | #4,082 |
| 1981 | 1,860 | #149 | 34 | #2,681 |
| 1980 | 1,990 | #140 | 20 | #3,901 |
| 1979 | 1,965 | #136 | 28 | #3,022 |
| 1978 | 2,039 | #128 | 39 | #2,328 |
| 1977 | 2,122 | #128 | 43 | #2,173 |
| 1976 | 2,170 | #117 | 34 | #2,404 |
| 1975 | 2,239 | #116 | 39 | #2,180 |
| 1974 | 2,346 | #113 | 48 | #1,830 |
| 1973 | 2,522 | #105 | 45 | #1,865 |
| 1972 | 2,825 | #100 | 54 | #1,659 |
| 1971 | 3,150 | #101 | 56 | #1,649 |
| 1970 | 3,569 | #90 | 68 | #1,482 |
| 1969 | 3,617 | #83 | 69 | #1,391 |
| 1968 | 3,523 | #85 | 80 | #1,227 |
| 1967 | 3,717 | #85 | 62 | #1,407 |
| 1966 | 4,333 | #74 | 92 | #1,099 |
| 1965 | 4,834 | #71 | 77 | #1,235 |
| 1964 | 5,821 | #62 | 90 | #1,165 |
| 1963 | 6,377 | #58 | 94 | #1,130 |
| 1962 | 6,792 | #60 | 102 | #1,070 |
| 1961 | 7,058 | #60 | 109 | #1,052 |
| 1960 | 7,313 | #57 | 129 | #942 |
| 1959 | 7,388 | #57 | 154 | #826 |
| 1958 | 7,067 | #56 | 159 | #798 |
| 1957 | 6,766 | #57 | 172 | #763 |
| 1956 | 6,126 | #63 | 196 | #686 |
| 1955 | 5,853 | #68 | 183 | #694 |
| 1954 | 5,874 | #67 | 215 | #620 |
| 1953 | 5,797 | #66 | 191 | #648 |
| 1952 | 5,891 | #63 | 174 | #672 |
| 1951 | 5,825 | #57 | 196 | #613 |
| 1950 | 6,033 | #54 | 204 | #591 |
| 1949 | 6,535 | #52 | 217 | #568 |
| 1948 | 7,287 | #47 | 203 | #586 |
| 1947 | 7,904 | #43 | 227 | #566 |
| 1946 | 7,535 | #37 | 220 | #532 |
| 1945 | 6,626 | #36 | 193 | #528 |
| 1944 | 7,062 | #33 | 202 | #507 |
| 1943 | 7,307 | #35 | 230 | #488 |
| 1942 | 7,383 | #33 | 236 | #480 |
| 1941 | 7,158 | #30 | 226 | #461 |
| 1940 | 7,216 | #28 | 217 | #454 |
| 1939 | 7,188 | #27 | 249 | #428 |
| 1938 | 7,439 | #28 | 239 | #433 |
| 1937 | 7,744 | #25 | 226 | #434 |
| 1936 | 8,023 | #23 | 243 | #413 |
| 1935 | 7,554 | #25 | 224 | #429 |
| 1934 | 7,089 | #26 | 265 | #399 |
| 1933 | 6,412 | #27 | 250 | #406 |
| 1932 | 6,690 | #29 | 244 | #421 |
| 1931 | 6,456 | #29 | 228 | #430 |
| 1930 | 6,873 | #27 | 249 | #418 |
| 1929 | 6,596 | #30 | 218 | #447 |
| 1928 | 6,682 | #30 | 212 | #472 |
| 1927 | 6,542 | #30 | 231 | #459 |
| 1926 | 6,338 | #33 | 212 | #476 |
| 1925 | 6,107 | #34 | 158 | #570 |
| 1924 | 6,044 | #35 | 151 | #610 |
| 1923 | 6,003 | #35 | 143 | #614 |
| 1922 | 6,089 | #35 | 149 | #590 |
| 1921 | 6,204 | #36 | 137 | #631 |
| 1920 | 6,071 | #35 | 134 | #618 |
| 1919 | 5,709 | #35 | 130 | #615 |
| 1918 | 5,805 | #34 | 114 | #668 |
| 1917 | 5,142 | #35 | 97 | #700 |
| 1916 | 4,911 | #35 | 101 | #679 |
| 1915 | 4,648 | #38 | 114 | #612 |
| 1914 | 3,712 | #34 | 77 | #664 |
| 1913 | 2,806 | #37 | 62 | #662 |
| 1912 | 2,515 | #36 | 65 | #610 |
| 1911 | 1,449 | #29 | 45 | #645 |
| 1910 | 1,553 | #25 | 42 | #658 |
| 1909 | 1,292 | #23 | 43 | #588 |
| 1908 | 1,209 | #24 | 32 | #685 |
| 1907 | 1,177 | #23 | 30 | #696 |
| 1906 | 1,020 | #25 | 42 | #546 |
| 1905 | 1,024 | #23 | 28 | #675 |
| 1904 | 959 | #23 | 17 | #895 |
| 1903 | 895 | #24 | 25 | #672 |
| 1902 | 955 | #23 | 30 | #608 |
| 1901 | 756 | #27 | 13 | #940 |
| 1900 | 1,179 | #22 | 33 | #617 |
| 1899 | 780 | #24 | 18 | #775 |
| 1898 | 827 | #29 | 20 | #760 |
| 1897 | 798 | #26 | 24 | #634 |
| 1896 | 767 | #27 | 12 | #975 |
| 1895 | 763 | #28 | 27 | #583 |
| 1894 | 741 | #28 | 23 | #618 |
| 1893 | 721 | #28 | 24 | #588 |
| 1892 | 819 | #23 | 11 | #935 |
| 1891 | 584 | #29 | 21 | #580 |
| 1890 | 682 | #28 | 20 | #589 |
| 1889 | 709 | #25 | 18 | #611 |
| 1888 | 789 | #23 | 24 | #519 |
| 1887 | 685 | #21 | 10 | #765 |
| 1886 | 759 | #21 | 15 | #590 |
| 1885 | 681 | #25 | 12 | #642 |
| 1884 | 759 | #22 | 12 | #626 |
| 1883 | 607 | #26 | 16 | #490 |
| 1882 | 739 | #23 | 15 | #482 |
| 1881 | 639 | #23 | 10 | #559 |
| 1880 | 731 | #20 | 5 | #879 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Joe reached #20 in 1880. As a girl name, it reached #399 in 1934. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1930s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Joe
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.