Joao

maleStatistical record

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

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

Joao: Recorded since 1955, it reached #370 in 1986, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
68times a registrar ranked it
71years from first to last
#370highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1104
1997	#964
1998	#1188
1999	#1130
2000	#881
2001	#842
2002	#1077
2003	#1011
2004	#773
2005	#788
2006	#939
2007	#711
2008	#867
2009	#848
2010	#918
2011	#1024
2012	#1229
2013	#1044
2014	#1223
2015	#903
2016	#1157
2017	#996
2018	#932
2019	#1253
2020	#1230
2021	#1329
2022	#1224
2023	#1309
2024	#1322

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 28 of the 61 years from 1955 to 2015.

In 2020: #741 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1230 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1955–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1955
First recorded at #420 among boys in Norway in 1955 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1955–2015
Highest recorded position: #370 among boys in Norway, in 1986 (recorded 1955–2015).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Joao appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 672 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1955.

Joao across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Joao's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#420 (1955)	#370 (1986)	#524 (2015)	28 of 61	162 (1955–2015)	12 (1986)
England and Wales · Boys	#1104 (1996)	#711 (2007)	#1322 (2024)	29 of 29	672 (1996–2024)	39 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#596 (2006)	#472 (2008)	#829 (2025)	10 of 20	38 (2006–2025)	6 (2008)

Joao 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 Joao in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	50	4 of 10	13
2000sbusiest	257	10 of 10	26
2010s	263	10 of 10	26
2020s	102	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 26 births a year.

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

Joao appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1955 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #370 in Norway in 1986.

Joao'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	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1309	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1224	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1230	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#932	31	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#996	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1157	24	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#903	33	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1044	26	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1229	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1024	26	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#918	31	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#848	33	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#867	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#711	39	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#939	25	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#788	30	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#773	28	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1011	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1077	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#842	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#881	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1130	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#964	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1104	12	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#524	4	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#556	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#410	7	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#480	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#454	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#605	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#532	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#458	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#588	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#621	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#370	12	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#548	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#549	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#498	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#534	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#497	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#467	8	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#420	9	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#543	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#511	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#563	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#553	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#522	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#535	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#533	4	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#509	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#473	4	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#420	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1955 and 2025, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #370, first reached in 1986.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 39 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 53 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Joaquin · #500, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, 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.

Desiree · #331, 53y
Salah · #433, 50y
Halima · #303, 56y
Asha · #286, 52y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Dragan · #370, 26y
Malika · #370, 44y
Mehdi · #368, 56y
Abbas · #365, 55y

Joao was ranked #370 in Norway · Boys in 1986. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Joao 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 Joao without appearing here.

Joao moved ahead of

Gary Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1329 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1224 and #2018.
Garry Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1077 and #1077 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1011 and #1771.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #881 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #842 and #1595.
Calum Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1230 and #1192 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1329 and #1984.

Moved ahead of Joao

Sebastian Compare
In 1971 they stood at #522 and #586 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #553 and #226.
Lukas Compare
In 1986 they stood at #370 and #435 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #621 and #328.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #964 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1188 and #924.
Theo Compare
In 2003 they stood at #480 and #495 in Norway · Boys; by 2004 that had become #410 and #152.

Moved the opposite way to Joao

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Joao went from #939 to #1322 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Joao went from #711 to #1322 while Matheo went from #4333 to #1517.

Moved the same way as Joao

Ronald Compare
Between 1955 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Joao went from #420 to #621 and Ronald from #170 to #639.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1955 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #370 in Norway in 1986. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Joao

Joao at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Joao across 3 official records

Joao by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Joao at a glance

Joao across 3 official records

Joao by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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