How rare is the name Joao?

8,843 people in the United States have the first name Joao, about 1 in 34,155. It ranks #2,661 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOAO

#2,661

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,843
About
1 in 34,155
This common or more
80.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,843 people named Joao, 73.6% reported their origin as White, 12.2% as Black and 9.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Joao peaked in 2024, when 135 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19182025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
135
In 2025*
121 ▼10%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,353 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Joao by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #3,509. The largest share of babies named Joao, 41%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#8,35719
1920s#10,18220
1950s#14,8235
1960s#13,57414
1970s#4,891231
1980s#6,373201
1990s#6,806254
2000s#5,181530
2010s#5,942465
2020s#3,509614
Greatest Generation 1901–271.7%
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–8011.6%
Millennials 1981–9614.6%
Generation Z 1997–1230.9%
2013 and later41%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Joao is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Joao has been most common in Massachusetts (9.8×), New Jersey (4.7×), and Florida (4.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.45×).

1,272 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Joao

#2,659 Hayes · 8,856#2,660 Woodrow · 8,852#2,662 Karrie · 8,839#2,663 Orville · 8,836

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Joao, most common first.

#8,666 Joo · 1,663#12,710 Joah · 972#23,638 Joa · 413

Also a last name

As a last name, Joao ranks #65,511 of 156,621, with 327 people. See Joao as a last name

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