Jobe

maleStatistical record

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

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

Jobe: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #976, and it stood at #1,859 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#976highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#976
1997	#1345
1998	#1055
1999	#1850
2000	#1241
2001	#1027
2002	#1322
2003	#1188
2004	#2070
2005	#1014
2006	#1545
2007	#1361
2008	#1343
2009	#3227
2010	#2629
2011	#1447
2012	#2270
2013	#2055
2014	#4632
2015	#2707
2016	#2335
2017	#2512
2018	#2445
2019	#2488
2020	#4608
2021	#3017
2023	#2813
2024	#1859

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 England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #976 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #976 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1859 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Jobe 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 Jobe in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	42	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	129	10 of 10	13
2010s	85	10 of 10	9
2020s	29	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Jobe 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #976 in England and Wales in 1996.

Jobe'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	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1014	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1027	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1055	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #976, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,859position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
21births registered in its largest year, 2005Under 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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Joby · #1110, 28y

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.

Billy-Joe · #976, 29y
Grady · #976, 24y
Kwabena · #976, 28y
Saim · #976, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Billy-Joe · #976, 29y
Grady · #976, 24y
Ho · #976, 16y
Kwabena · #976, 28y

Jobe was ranked #976 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. 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.

Jobe 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 Jobe without appearing here.

Jobe moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #4270.
Graeme Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2512 and #4812.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4608 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Jobe

Leif Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2055 and #2954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #1935.
Aksel Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2055 and #2403 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #2079.
Mathias Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1343 and #1511 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3227 and #1425.
Tadhg Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1343 and #1457 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3227 and #1749.

Moved the opposite way to Jobe

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jobe went from #976 to #1859 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jobe went from #976 to #1859 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jobe went from #976 to #1859 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jobe went from #976 to #1859 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Jobe

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jobe went from #976 to #1859 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jobe went from #976 to #1859 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jobe went from #976 to #1859 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jobe went from #976 to #1859 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #976 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jobe

Jobe at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jobe by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jobe appears in

Popularity data

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Jobe at a glance

Jobe by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jobe appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Jobe

Jobe and the names beside it

Jobe moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jobe

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