as a First Name
Short form of Joseph. It has also been in favour as an independent given name since the 1990s.
| 123rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 379,348
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 426,991
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- New Mexico
- has the most people named Joe per capita
- 1936
- marked the height of its popularity
2%
98%
56%
55+
55+
33%
30-54
30-54
6%
13-29
13-29
5%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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