Joe is a boy's name of English origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 272 boys in the United States.
Joe belongs to the English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess. It travels in a few spellings: Joseph.
In the United States, Joe first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #20 in 1880, and in 2024 272 babies received the name — 453,008 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Joe is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its English origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Joe is a boy name. In 2024, 272 babies received the name in the US.
Joe comes from the English & American tradition. It is also spelled Joseph.
Joe first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #20 in 1880, and 272 babies were given the name in 2024.
Joe is pronounced /d͡ʒəʊ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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