Joby

Boy · recorded 1939–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1976best year

Most popular in 1976.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Joby.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1939

0122319391960198220032024

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 74 recorded years as a table
Joby, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19395
19474
19495
19523
19534
19543
19553
19564
19572
19585
19596
19606
19613
19624
196311
19648
196511
196611
19679
196814
196913
19709
197118
197220
197319
197421
197519
197623
197723
197814
197912
198012
19819
19827
19839
198412
19858
198611
198710
19887
19897
19909
199110
199211
19934
199412
199513
199614
19977
19987
19999
200010
20016
200211
20036
20046
20056
20067
20075
20086
20098
20108
20118
20126
20137
20145
20157
20175
20184
20193
20213
20226
20234
20246

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Joby isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
10
Rank in 2024
#7,765
How rare
1 in 172,288 boys
Since 1939
1,174

Joby was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1976, at 23 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Joby doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.