Joplin
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.
Joplin by the numbers
Joplin was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Joplin
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Joplin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Joplin
Names that are said the same way as Joplin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Joplyn6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Joplin
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