NameTides

Joey

Joey was the #874 boys' name in the US in 2025 (274 babies), and #163 in England & Wales and #460 in Canada.

Joey as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Joey as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Joey as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#874 (274)#163 (324)#75 (66)#72 (33)#90 (64)#460 (68)
2024#888 (267)#168 (301)#103 (50)#118 (18)#78 (78)#431 (72)
2023#901 (258)#160 (324)#94 (56)#132 (18)#94 (62)#437 (66)
2022#891 (264)#146 (365)#116 (48)#138 (18)#79 (81)#375 (82)
2021#910 (252)#126 (449)#108 (52)#176 (13)#104 (61)#372 (84)
2020#895 (253)#137 (405)#85 (67)#169 (13)#99 (61)#386 (80)
2019#772 (306)#139 (408)#125 (47)#160 (15)#97 (68)#375 (83)
2018#739 (323)#147 (382)#137 (45)#141 (17)#117 (55)#313 (105)
2017#777 (301)#132 (451)#134 (44)#250 (7)#134 (46)#362 (88)
2016#695 (355)#131 (459)#140 (42)#180 (13)#136 (48)#305 (114)
2015#757 (318)#117 (543)#136 (44)#201 (11)#136 (46)#323 (104)
2014#684 (370)#97 (627)#122 (51)#128 (23)#114 (64)#319 (104)
2013#642 (382)#102 (624)#126 (50)#188 (12)#127 (49)#253 (132)
2012#609 (404)#176 (336)#212 (23)#217 (9)#250 (21)#281 (115)
2011#604 (408)#273 (165)#386 (8)#375 (3)#198 (31)#273 (118)

Joey as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Joey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Joey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,467 (146)#3,333 (7)——#1,177 (22)
2024#1,378 (164)#2,772 (9)——#896 (31)
2023#1,348 (167)#4,710 (4)——#1,080 (23)
2022#1,412 (161)#3,149 (7)——#1,252 (19)
2021#1,288 (178)#3,961 (5)——#1,286 (19)
2020#1,422 (153)———#1,249 (19)
2019#1,608 (132)#3,541 (6)——#1,186 (21)
2018#1,451 (151)#4,684 (4)——#1,301 (18)
2017#1,515 (146)#5,765 (3)——#1,230 (20)
2016#1,485 (154)#3,609 (6)——#1,230 (20)
2015#2,060 (95)#5,730 (3)—#896 (3)#1,659 (13)
2014#1,746 (119)———#1,901 (11)
2013#2,458 (73)#2,649 (9)——#1,792 (12)
2012#2,265 (83)———#1,472 (16)
2011#2,124 (90)———#1,588 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1962 at #200.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.
  • In 2025, 35% of US babies named Joey were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,300 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 6,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 840common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 300common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 250common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 370common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Joey is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,000 to 1 in 6,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Joey by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #844NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #710OHPennsylvania: #704PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #494CAUtah: #561UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth 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: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #730TXFlorida: #704FL
Joey (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#27518
Ontario2024#50324

Joey (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JoeyCanadaGirls#1,17722
JoeyCanadaBoys#46068
JoeyEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
JoeyEngland & WalesBoys#163324
JoeyIrelandGirls—too few
JoeyIrelandBoys#9064
JoeyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JoeyNorthern IrelandBoys#7233
JoeyScotlandGirls—too few
JoeyScotlandBoys#7566
JoeyUSGirls#1,467146
JoeyUSBoys#874274