Joah
Joah is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 71 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 710.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202379 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1977
- 1,167people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,167 boys have been named Joah in the United States since 1977, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 79 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 42%.
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Joah was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Joah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ayoubpeak 2024
- Kylanpeak 2022
- Jakobipeak 2022
- Demaripeak 2021
- Alijahpeak 2021
- Kylenpeak 2023
- Izraelpeak 2023
- Ahmaripeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.