Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Joby” in the USA?

Number of people named “Joby” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Joby” 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 “Joby” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Joby” by birth year

This chart shows how “Joby” 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
1939 5 0.000002269 5 -100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 14 0.000003396 5 9 -29%
1957 11 0.000002618 6 5 9%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 12 0.000002889 12 -100%
1961 12 0.000002897 6 6 0%
1962 14 0.000003469 5 9 -29%
1963 29 0.000007327 6 23 -59%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 20 0.000005517 20 -100%
1966 20 0.000005754 20 -100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 -100%
1968 24 0.000007104 24 -100%
1969 28 0.000008057 5 23 -64%
1970 21 0.000005823 5 16 -52%
1971 31 0.000009032 31 -100%
1972 33 0.0000105 33 -100%
1973 39 0.000012927 10 29 -49%
1974 38 0.0000125 5 33 -74%
1975 35 0.000011592 6 29 -66%
1976 45 0.00001483 9 36 -60%
1977 37 0.000011648 37 -100%
1978 23 0.000007247 23 -100%
1979 21 0.000006312 21 -100%
1980 22 0.000006387 22 -100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 -100%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 -100%
1983 17 0.000004909 17 -100%
1984 21 0.000006019 21 -100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 -100%
1986 21 0.000005904 21 -100%
1987 19 0.00000527 19 -100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 -100%
1989 14 0.000003642 14 -100%
1990 19 0.000004807 19 -100%
1991 21 0.000005391 21 -100%
1992 21 0.000005467 21 -100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1994 23 0.000006187 23 -100%
1995 24 0.000006554 24 -100%
1996 26 0.000007129 26 -100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 -100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 -100%
1999 18 0.000004873 18 -100%
2000 19 0.000005027 19 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 -100%
2002 22 0.000005885 22 -100%
2003 12 0.000003156 12 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
2006 15 0.000003792 15 -100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 -100%
2008 12 0.000003053 12 -100%
2009 15 0.000003927 15 -100%
2010 16 0.000004329 16 -100%
2011 16 0.000004374 16 -100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 13 0.000003513 13 -100%
2017 10 0.000002796 10 -100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 -100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 -100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%
2024 10 0.000003004 10 -100%

Explore other names

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  1. Jobi
  2. Jobie
  3. Jobin
  4. Jobina
  5. Jobita
  6. Joby (this page)
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  8. Joc
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  10. Jocabeth
  11. Jocalyn