Joby

maleStatistical record

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

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

Joby: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,110, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1110highest recorded position
3groupings 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	#2357
1997	#1113
1998	#1110
1999	#1505
2000	#1703
2001	#2587
2002	#1651
2003	#1962
2004	#1596
2005	#1299
2006	#1469
2007	#1756
2008	#1596
2009	#1649
2010	#2199
2011	#2194
2012	#1756
2013	#3822
2014	#1630
2015	#2150
2016	#1804
2017	#2052
2018	#3959
2019	#2728
2020	#3334
2021	#2493
2023	#3112
2024	#4270

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 #2357 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: #1110 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Joby 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 Joby in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	36	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	101	10 of 10	10
2010s	94	10 of 10	9
2020s	23	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Joby 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: #1110 in England and Wales in 1998.

Joby'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	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	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1469	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1113	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	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 #1,110, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 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 →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
15births 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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Jobie · #1889, 16y
Jocelyn · #69, 48y
Jodh · #2501, 11y

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.

Haashim · #1110, 28y
Kwaku · #1110, 27y
Llyr · #1110, 27y
Luqmaan · #1110, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Haashim · #1110, 28y
Khan · #1110, 21y
Kwaku · #1110, 27y
Llyr · #1110, 27y

Joby 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 Joby without appearing here.

Joby moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1630 and #4632.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3822 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1630 and #4632.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2052 and #4812.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2150 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Joby

Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2052 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #1786.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2493 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2493 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #3254.

Moved the opposite way to Joby

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Joby went from #2357 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Joby went from #2357 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Joby went from #2357 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Joby went from #2357 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Joby

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Joby went from #2357 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Joby went from #2357 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Joby went from #2357 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Joby went from #2357 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1110 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Joby at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Joby by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Joby at a glance

Joby by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Joby and the names beside it

Joby moved ahead of

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