Joby
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1976
36 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
1,242
since 1939
Born a Joby? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Joby was most popular in 1976, when 36 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.02 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Joby in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 20%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 10 | 7765 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 7 | 9763 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 10 | 7768 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 6 | 10799 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 6 | 10803 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 8 | 8819 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 10 | 7546 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 13 | 6324 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 10 | 7562 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 13 | 6241 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 12 | 6626 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 16 | 5433 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 16 | 5478 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 15 | 5800 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 12 | 6763 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 10 | 7590 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 15 | 5525 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 11 | 6634 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 11 | 6520 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 12 | 5877 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 22 | 3794 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 12 | 5667 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 19 | 4066 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 18 | 3986 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 14 | 4650 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 14 | 4451 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 26 | 2838 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 24 | 2923 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 23 | 3030 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 8 | 6228 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 21 | 3105 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 21 | 2989 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 19 | 3166 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 14 | 3809 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 14 | 3523 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 19 | 2725 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 21 | 2510 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 14 | 3216 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 21 | 2364 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 17 | 2676 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 12 | 3482 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 17 | 2680 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 22 | 2284 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 21 | 2310 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 23 | 2068 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 37 | 1515 |
| 1976 | 9 | 6048 | 36 | 1502 |
| 1975 | 6 | 7984 | 29 | 1704 |
| 1974 | 5 | 8775 | 33 | 1520 |
| 1973 | 10 | 5191 | 29 | 1612 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 33 | 1473 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 31 | 1560 |
| 1970 | 5 | 7995 | 16 | 2293 |
| 1969 | 5 | 7471 | 23 | 1728 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 24 | 1614 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 16 | 1974 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 20 | 1723 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 20 | 1774 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 15 | 2114 |
| 1963 | 6 | 5891 | 23 | 1659 |
| 1962 | 5 | 6578 | 9 | 2848 |
| 1961 | 6 | 5851 | 6 | 3652 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 12 | 2423 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 13 | 2295 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 10 | 2642 |
| 1957 | 6 | 5377 | 5 | 3993 |
| 1956 | 5 | 5952 | 9 | 2798 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 6 | 3505 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 7 | 3176 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 7 | 3143 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 6 | 3373 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 8 | 2802 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 7 | 3096 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 5 | 3480 |
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Recorded as girls 5% · boys 95% across all years