Joah

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Joah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Joah: Recorded since 2005, it reached #1,903 in 2016, and it stood at #2,263 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#1903highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#2754
2009	#3744
2010	#3332
2011	#4647
2012	#4805
2013	#2403
2014	#2459
2015	#3373
2016	#1903
2017	#2734
2018	#2693
2019	#2488
2020	#3334
2021	#2493
2022	#2018
2023	#2813
2024	#2263

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 17 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #2754 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #1903 among boys in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Joah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Joah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	9	2 of 10	5
2010s	66	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	41	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Joah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1903 in England and Wales in 2016.

Joah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,903, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,263position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Joan · #31, 73y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Evie-Marie · #1903, 17y
Lohan · #1903, 15y
Timothee · #1902, 17y
Naisha · #1901, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Evie-Marie · #1903, 17y
Lohan · #1903, 15y
Timothee · #1902, 17y
Naisha · #1901, 21y

Joah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Joah without appearing here.

Joah moved ahead of

Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3373 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1903 and #4810.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4647 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2459 and #4632.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Joah

Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2018 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #2325.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2488 and #2104.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1903 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Joah

Joah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Joah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Joah and the names beside it

Joah moved ahead of

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Joah at a glance

Joah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Joah appears in

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Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Joah and the names beside it

Joah moved ahead of

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