Joao
Recorded 1918–2025 · United States
Joao was most popular in 2024, when 135 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,912 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,107, with 121 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,353 people named Joao.
Joao over time
How old is the name Joao?
Joao first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1918, which makes it about 107 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 65 of the 108 years since.
How many people are named Joao?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,353 American births named Joao between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,252 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Joao in 2025?
121 American babies were named Joao in 2025, ranking #3,107 that year.
Is Joao getting more or less popular?
Joao is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 108 births a year, against 41 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +161% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Joao a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Joao is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,353 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Joao?
Roughly 2,252 Americans named Joao are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 17 years old, and half are between 6 and 30.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Joao is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org