Joes
Joes is a name with a single cultural origin: Dutch.
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Joes
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Joes is a name with a single cultural origin: Dutch.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Joes
The earliest SSA record of Joes as a baby boy name dates back to 1949, when 7 babies received it. 1949 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Joes — #3,019 in the national rankings. About 58% of every Joes on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Joes last appeared in the published SSA data in 1989, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Joes
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Joes. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Joes
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About the name Joes
Joes is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 12 births in the dataset. Joes's peak popularity came in 1949 when it ranked #3,019. Use the chart and map above to compare Joes'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.