Jobie
The Story of Jobie
As a girl name
American parents first put Jobie on the record books as a girl name in 1963, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1963, when 5 Jobies were born — ranking #6,590 that year. About 25% of every Jobie on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Jobie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 60 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Jobie as a boy name dates back to 1916, when 6 babies received it. 1919 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Jobie — #2,265 in the national rankings. Jobie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 448 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Jobie
Jobie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 448 births in the dataset. Jobie's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #2,265. Use the chart and map above to compare Jobie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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