Joey Name Popularity

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How popular is Joey?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Joey, ranked the 742nd Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Joey has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Position 194, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1976.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1962 with 1,527 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Joey was less than 5, most recently in 1918.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Joey occurred roughly during the years 1925-1930, 1931-1935, 1936-1943, 1944-1947, and 1948-1962, whereas 1969-1972, and 1993-1996 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Joey has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Joey has been moving downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Joey lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Joey?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.

The name Joey still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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		Joey (Girl)		Joey (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		151	1,447	318	742
2017		145	1,521	298	785
2016		153	1,489	354	695
2015		95	2,063	316	759
2014		117	1,769	369	683
2013		73	2,464	381	644
2012		83	2,268	404	609
2011		90	2,130	407	606
2010		102	1,962	405	612
2009		99	2,066	407	616
2008		110	1,918	447	576
2007		133	1,665	470	547
2006		127	1,665	474	532
2005		146	1,457	482	510
2004		121	1,609	508	488
2003		132	1,479	494	496
2002		92	1,925	448	509
2001		95	1,853	435	518
2000		80	2,066	481	485
1999		70	2,160	449	490
1998		71	2,071	403	517
1997		56	2,373	441	486
1996		49	2,572	470	461
1995		67	2,036	507	450
1994		53	2,426	554	411
1993		53	2,399	653	362
1992		54	2,412	573	401
1991		60	2,200	652	362
1990		44	2,666	684	352
1989		42	2,684	605	370
1988		47	2,343	618	343
1987		39	2,590	721	299
1986		45	2,283	656	309
1985		48	2,190	763	274
1984		58	1,847	741	281
1983		80	1,456	791	261
1982		74	1,591	1,001	232
1981		101	1,274	1,072	225
1980		126	1,101	1,155	212
1979		173	881	1,095	215
1978		147	951	1,072	207
1977		198	764	1,213	195
1976		203	722	1,161	194
1975		224	673	840	249
1974		232	658	855	239
1973		208	708	873	240
1972		185	754	911	236
1971		167	829	1,070	219
1970		198	745	1,138	217
1969		142	886	1,190	210
1968		145	851	1,111	210
1967		83	1,166	1,068	210
1966		55	1,499	1,031	217
1965		26	2,369	1,121	214
1964		33	2,084	1,365	203
1963		18	3,007	1,383	207
1962		43	1,744	1,527	200
1961		29	2,213	1,258	220
1960		23	2,546	1,206	229
1959		26	2,259	1,120	240
1958		40	1,706	1,071	237
1957		43	1,646	1,034	239
1956		29	2,023	946	239
1955		26	2,137	695	271
1954		30	1,919	501	324
1953		28	1,948	329	385
1952		17	2,615	242	454
1951		26	1,939	196	482
1950		27	1,853	188	491
1949		15	2,671	154	538
1948		15	2,648	153	537
1947		14	2,823	174	516
1946		16	2,428	121	585
1945		20	1,907	120	546
1944		20	1,937	137	519
1943		14	2,490	131	548
1942		22	1,830	96	655
1941		8	3,392	52	882
1940		5	4,680	64	775
1939		9	3,020	50	874
1938		11	2,659	31	1,183
1937		11	2,630	38	1,045
1936		12	2,441	31	1,196
1935		9	3,037	35	1,112
1934		11	2,644	26	1,342
1933		14	2,211	22	1,479
1932		12	2,565	28	1,308
1931		7	3,674	24	1,440
1930		5	4,889	24	1,515
1929		6	4,319	16	1,967
1928		7	3,966	19	1,797
1927		5	5,198	14	2,244
1926		6	4,562	15	2,134
1925		8	3,853	11	2,671
1924		9	3,515	14	2,297
1923		8	3,796	5	4,546
1922		6	4,717	12	2,565
1921		11	3,039	8	3,353
1920		< 5	--	5	4,631
1919		7	4,040	8	3,258
1918		7	4,062	< 5	--
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1916		< 5	--	9	2,825
1915		< 5	--	6	3,624
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.