Joey

What Joey means

Means “name”

Options: "Joseph" and "name".

Source: Wiktionary, “Joey” (revision 94540583), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Joey?

US: Falling: down from #757 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #117 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1976, when 1,160 boys got the name (#194 that year). First in the US records in 1915.

How common

• About 1 in 6,234 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 839 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 298 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CA (0.36 per 1,000 boys), UT (0.36 per 1,000 boys), FL (0.23 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Joey is #874 in the US and #163 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 65.2% of US babies named Joey were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jay809 US · 56 E&W
• Joe230 US · 52 E&W
• Joao121 US · 25 E&W
• Joah74 US · 11 E&W
• Jae42 US
• Joy27 US · 3 E&W
• Jey14 US
• Joa9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Joey

Boys

• David#35“beloved”^*
• Daniel#22“God is my judge”^*
• Christopher#68“carrier of Christ”^*
• Steven#271“crown, wreath”^*
• Kevin#221“dear birth/person”^*
• Joshua#66“to save”^*

For a sister

• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*
• Katherine#186Variant of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*
• Amy#257“beloved”^*
• Elizabeth#17“my God is an oath”^*
• Samantha#151“listener”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Joey’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.