Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Joey” in the USA?

Number of people named “Joey” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Joey” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Joey” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Joey” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Joey” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Joey” by birth year

This chart shows how “Joey” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 -100%
1918 7 0.000003224 7 100%
1919 15 0.000007108 7 8 -7%
1920 5 0.00000221 5 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 11 8 16%
1922 18 0.000007863 6 12 -33%
1923 13 0.000005646 8 5 23%
1924 23 0.000009657 9 14 -22%
1925 19 0.000008143 8 11 -16%
1926 21 0.000009147 6 15 -43%
1927 19 0.000008192 5 14 -47%
1928 26 0.0000115 7 19 -46%
1929 22 0.000010036 6 16 -45%
1930 29 0.000013044 5 24 -66%
1931 31 0.000014731 7 24 -55%
1932 40 0.000018946 12 28 -40%
1933 36 0.000018005 14 22 -22%
1934 37 0.000017816 11 26 -41%
1935 44 0.000021054 9 35 -59%
1936 43 0.000020697 12 31 -44%
1937 49 0.000022997 11 38 -55%
1938 42 0.000018982 11 31 -48%
1939 58 0.000026322 9 49 -69%
1940 70 0.000030399 5 65 -86%
1941 60 0.000024626 8 52 -73%
1942 118 0.000043195 22 96 -63%
1943 145 0.000051372 14 131 -81%
1944 157 0.000058363 20 137 -75%
1945 140 0.000052772 20 120 -71%
1946 137 0.000042875 16 121 -77%
1947 188 0.000052189 14 174 -85%
1948 168 0.00004866 15 153 -82%
1949 169 0.000048497 15 154 -82%
1950 215 0.00006137 27 188 -75%
1951 222 0.000060265 26 196 -77%
1952 258 0.00006793 17 241 -87%
1953 356 0.00009238 28 328 -84%
1954 530 0.000133142 30 500 -89%
1955 719 0.000179075 26 693 -93%
1956 975 0.000236476 29 946 -94%
1957 1084 0.000257964 43 1041 -92%
1958 1107 0.000267786 40 1067 -93%
1959 1147 0.000275854 26 1121 -95%
1960 1230 0.000296113 23 1207 -96%
1961 1286 0.000310455 29 1257 -95%
1962 1572 0.000389555 43 1529 -95%
1963 1400 0.000353696 18 1382 -97%
1964 1395 0.000358833 33 1362 -95%
1965 1146 0.000316099 26 1120 -95%
1966 1087 0.000312747 55 1032 -90%
1967 1151 0.000339038 83 1068 -86%
1968 1256 0.000371772 145 1111 -77%
1969 1333 0.000383561 142 1191 -79%
1970 1334 0.000369886 198 1136 -70%
1971 1237 0.000360394 167 1070 -73%
1972 1097 0.00034903 185 912 -66%
1973 1080 0.000357985 208 872 -61%
1974 1087 0.000357566 232 855 -57%
1975 1064 0.000352389 224 840 -58%
1976 1363 0.000449198 203 1160 -70%
1977 1410 0.000443886 197 1213 -72%
1978 1220 0.000384389 148 1072 -76%
1979 1268 0.000381124 173 1095 -73%
1980 1280 0.000371606 126 1154 -80%
1981 1173 0.000339079 101 1072 -83%
1982 1075 0.000306446 74 1001 -86%
1983 871 0.000251491 80 791 -82%
1984 799 0.000229022 58 741 -85%
1985 812 0.000227508 48 764 -88%
1986 700 0.000196791 45 655 -87%
1987 759 0.000210505 39 720 -90%
1988 666 0.000180241 47 619 -86%
1989 647 0.000168295 42 605 -87%
1990 729 0.000184441 44 685 -88%
1991 711 0.000182529 60 651 -83%
1992 629 0.000163748 54 575 -83%
1993 706 0.000187254 53 653 -85%
1994 607 0.000163275 53 554 -83%
1995 574 0.000156738 67 507 -77%
1996 519 0.000142301 49 470 -81%
1997 497 0.000137075 56 441 -77%
1998 474 0.000128867 71 403 -70%
1999 519 0.000140503 70 449 -73%
2000 561 0.000148416 80 481 -71%
2001 530 0.000141583 95 435 -64%
2002 540 0.000144451 92 448 -66%
2003 629 0.000165425 133 496 -58%
2004 629 0.00016462 121 508 -62%
2005 628 0.000163336 146 482 -54%
2006 601 0.000151914 127 474 -58%
2007 605 0.000151338 135 470 -55%
2008 558 0.000141961 111 447 -60%
2009 507 0.000132716 99 408 -61%
2010 507 0.000137185 102 405 -60%
2011 497 0.000135874 90 407 -64%
2012 487 0.000133156 83 404 -66%
2013 455 0.000124806 73 382 -68%
2014 489 0.000131935 119 370 -51%
2015 413 0.000111594 95 318 -54%
2016 509 0.000138741 154 355 -39%
2017 447 0.000124993 146 301 -35%
2018 473 0.000134532 151 322 -36%
2019 437 0.000125903 132 305 -40%
2020 406 0.000121536 153 253 -25%
2021 429 0.000126625 177 252 -17%
2022 423 0.000125032 161 262 -24%
2023 422 0.000127446 167 255 -21%
2024 430 0.000129187 164 266 -24%

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