How rare is the name Joey?

57,447 people in the United States have the first name Joey, about 1 in 5,258. It ranks #823 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOEY

#823

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
57,447
About
1 in 5,258
This common or more
67.1%
Who bears it

Of the 57,447 people named Joey, 64.6% reported their origin as White, 17.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 89% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Joey peaked in 1962, when 1,572 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
1962
Births that year
1,572
In 2025*
420 ▼73%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 61,402 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.

Joey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #412. The largest share of babies named Joey, 31.6%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#6,65237
1920s#3,665185
1930s#2,034409
1940s#1,1771,352
1950s#6126,613
1960s#45112,855
1970s#41212,161
1980s#5488,782
1990s#8345,965
2000s#9575,789
2010s#1,1914,717
2020s#1,3172,537
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–451.9%
Baby boom 1946–6423.1%
Generation X 1965–8031.6%
Millennials 1981–9619.5%
Generation Z 1997–1214.3%
2013 and later9.4%

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 Joey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Joey has been most common in New Mexico (2.2×), Louisiana (2×), and Hawaii (2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.16×).

53,656 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 Joey

#821 Marshall · 57,529#822 Jada · 57,490#824 Marianne · 57,194#825 Orlando · 57,035

Spelled almost the same

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

#194 Joe · 275,876#482 Joy · 117,520#22,349 Joei · 446#33,297 Joee · 249

Also a last name

As a last name, Joey ranks #137,553 of 156,621, with 126 people. See Joey as a last name

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