NameTides

Joao

Joao was the #1,466 boys' name in the US in 2025 (121 babies), and #1,153 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Joao as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Joao as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Joao as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. In Ireland, the line follows the most-used spelling each year: Joao to 2020, João from 2023. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,466 (121)#1,153 (25)—#432 (8)#2,269 (8)
2024#1,387 (135)#1,322 (20)——#2,062 (9)
2023#1,623 (107)#1,309 (20)—#770 (3)—
2022#1,737 (96)#1,224 (22)———
2021#1,915 (79)#1,329 (19)———
2020#1,922 (76)#1,230 (21)—#741 (3)#1,838 (9)
2019#2,421 (55)#1,253 (20)——#2,756 (5)
2018#2,325 (57)#932 (31)——#1,572 (11)
2017#2,217 (60)#996 (30)——#2,010 (8)
2016#2,477 (51)#1,157 (24)—#491 (6)#2,718 (5)
2015#2,864 (41)#903 (33)—#699 (3)#898 (25)
2014#2,542 (48)#1,223 (21)——#1,778 (9)
2013#2,955 (38)#1,044 (26)——#2,086 (7)
2012#3,002 (38)#1,229 (21)——#1,655 (10)
2011#2,852 (41)#1,024 (26)—#730 (3)#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,387.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1918.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Joao is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,200 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Joao by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: #438MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,241CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,217TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Joao (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JoaoCanadaBoys#2,2698
JoaoEngland & WalesBoys#1,15325
JoãoIrelandBoys#4328
JoaoIrelandBoys#8293
JoaoNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JoaoUSBoys#1,466121