Joey
Pet form of Joseph and Josephine. The Hebrew Yosef comes from a verb meaning to add, read as he will add.
Joey in 2025
Joey was given to 420 babies in the United States in 2025 — 274 boys and 146 girls, making it the 1,330th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 7,894 babies born.
The history of Joey
Joey reached its highest point in 1962, when 1,572 babies were given the name, ranking 405th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 357th, in 1976.
Across the 111 years of records since 1915, 61,402 babies have been named Joey. Half of them were born before 1977, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation X.
Joey by decade
| Decade | Babies named Joey | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 37 | 4,147 |
| 1920s | 185 | 2,883 |
| 1930s | 409 | 1,666 |
| 1940s | 1,352 | 1,046 |
| 1950s | 6,613 | 494 |
| 1960s | 12,855 | 405 |
| 1970s | 12,161 | 357 |
| 1980s | 8,782 | 403 |
| 1990s | 5,965 | 701 |
| 2000s | 5,789 | 876 |
| 2010s | 4,717 | 1,093 |
| 2020s | 2,537 | 1,310 |
Where Joey is heading
Joey has held roughly steady over the past decade, from 413 babies in 2015 to 420 in 2025.
Names like Joey
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Joey.