Meaning and history
A short form of Joseph, Joe has been borne by several famous sports figures, including boxers Joe Louis (1914–1981) and Joe Frazier (1944–2011), baseball player Joe DiMaggio (1914–1999), and football quarterbacks Joe Namath (1943–) and Joe Montana (1956–), as well as former American president Joe Biden (1942–).
20062006: 816 births, rank #368
2007: 732 births, rank #402
2008: 725 births, rank #408
2009: 607 births, rank #453
2010: 592 births, rank #453
20112011: 536 births, rank #490
2012: 499 births, rank #526
2013: 476 births, rank #555
2014: 490 births, rank #567
2015: 460 births, rank #597
20162016: 434 births, rank #619
2017: 365 births, rank #684
2018: 347 births, rank #696
2019: 350 births, rank #707
2020: 337 births, rank #728
20212021: 310 births, rank #794
2022: 262 births, rank #895
2023: 256 births, rank #909
2024: 272 births, rank #882
20252025: 230 births, rank #991
Joe moved from #884 to #994 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1936, with 8,023 births.