Recorded 1915–2025 · United States
Joey was most popular in 1962, when 1,572 American babies were given the name — ranking #405 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,329, with 420 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 61,402 people named Joey.
Joey first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1915, which makes it about 110 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 110 of the 111 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 61,402 American births named Joey 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 54,235 are estimated to be alive today.
420 American babies were named Joey in 2025, ranking #1,329 that year.
Joey is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 426 births a year, against 468 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -9% 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.
Across the whole record Joey is mostly a boy’s name — 12.4% of the 61,402 Americans given it were girls and 87.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 35% girls and 65% 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.
Roughly 54,235 Americans named Joey are alive today — 88% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 47 years old, and half are between 28 and 59. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
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.
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