Joey
A unisex name of Hebrew origin, meaning god will increase; a form of Joseph.
How Joey has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #758 |
| 2016 | #694 |
| 2017 | #783 |
| 2018 | #740 |
| 2019 | #772 |
| 2020 | #893 |
| 2021 | #909 |
| 2022 | #894 |
| 2023 | #909 |
| 2024 | #889 |
| 2025 | #877 |
Joey by the numbers
In 2025, 324 babies in England and Wales were named Joey. In the US, 440 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 1,528 babies in 1962, making it a 1960s name.
At its height, in 1980, about 1 in 1,600 American babies born that year was called Joey.
Other names that come from Joseph
Like Joey, each of these traces back to Joseph: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Josephhe will add10,379 in the US (2017)
- JoseGod will increase; Spanish form of Joseph4,781 in the US (2017)
- Yosefgod will increase; a form of Joseph366 in the US (2017)
- Joegod will increase; a form of Joseph362 in the US (2017)
- Yousefgod increases; arabic form of Joseph95 in England and Wales (2025)
- Youssefgod increases; Arabic form of Joseph35 in England and Wales (2025)
- Joseygod increases; form of Joseph116 in the US (2017)
- Giuseppegod will increase; Italian form of Joseph109 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Joey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Joey
Names that are said the same way as Joey, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Joei8 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Joey, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Joey
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