Joey

maleStatistical record

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

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

Joey: Recorded since 1990, its highest recorded position is #78, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
102times a registrar ranked it
36years from first to last
#78highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
1999	#2770
2001	#2466
2002	#3409
2003	#3594
2004	#2278
2005	#2247
2006	#4157
2007	#2085
2008	#3860
2009	#2535
2010	#4012
2013	#2649
2015	#5730
2016	#3609
2017	#5765
2018	#4684
2019	#3541
2021	#3961
2022	#3148
2023	#4709
2024	#2771

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 30 of the 36 years from 1990 to 2025.

In 2024: #78 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #103 among boys in Scotland, #118 among boys in Northern Ireland, #168 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1990–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1990
First recorded at #323 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1990 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1990–2025
Highest recorded position: #78 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 1990–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #90 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Joey appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1990, and has registered 1,017 births with the name.

Joey across 4 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.

Joey'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#323 (1990)	#78 (2024)	#90 (2025)	30 of 36	1,017 (1990–2025)	81 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#704 (1996)	#97 (2014)	#168 (2024)	29 of 29	6,728 (1996–2024)	627 (2014)
England and Wales · Girls	#3174 (1997)	#2085 (2007)	#2771 (2024)	22 of 28	130 (1997–2024)	11 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#305 (2004)	#118 (2024)	#118 (2024)	19 of 21	213 (2004–2024)	23 (2014)

Joey by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Joey in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	4 of 10	3
2000s	148	10 of 10	15
2010s	449	10 of 10	45
2020sbusiest	407	6 of 10	68

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 68 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2012 and 2013, when recorded births rose by 28, from 21 to 49.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Joey 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 1990 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #78 in Republic of Ireland in 2024.

Joey'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	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#168	301	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#160	324	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#146	365	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#126	449	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#137	405	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#139	408	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#147	382	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#132	451	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#131	459	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#117	543	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#97	627	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#102	624	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#176	336	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#273	165	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#439	86	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#343	115	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#412	90	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#436	79	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#392	87	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#322	99	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#378	75	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#519	45	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#600	33	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#518	38	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#515	38	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#575	32	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#600	30	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#788	20	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#704	22	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#118	18	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#132	18	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#138	18	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#176	13	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#169	13	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#160	15	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#141	17	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#180	13	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#201	11	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#128	23	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#247	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#247	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#90	64	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#78	78	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#94	62	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#79	81	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#104	61	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	61	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#97	68	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	55	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#134	46	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#136	48	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#136	46	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	64	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	49	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	21	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	31	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	21	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	27	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	16	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	24	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#211	19	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	11	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	15	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	11	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	10	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	8	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#339	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#103	50	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1990 and 2025, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #78, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 7 years, 4 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 627 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 34 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.

Joella · #1863, 25y
Joelle · #442, 31y
Jofrid · #218, 29y
Johan · #31, 81y

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.

Campbell · #78, 31y
Demi · #78, 34y
Miley · #79, 27y
Oliwia · #79, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abi · #78, 30y
Campbell · #78, 31y
Demi · #78, 34y
Lyra · #78, 26y

Joey was ranked #78 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Joey 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 Joey without appearing here.

Joey moved ahead of

Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Kari Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4012 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2649 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Joey

Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2649 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #1279.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2201.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2649 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2466 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.

Moved the opposite way to Joey

Adrian Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Joey went from #323 to #90 while Adrian went from #67 to #348.
Denis Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Joey went from #323 to #90 while Denis went from #68 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Joey went from #323 to #90 while Edward went from #54 to #125.
Frank Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Joey went from #323 to #90 while Frank went from #183 to #286.

Moved the same way as Joey

Adam Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Joey went from #323 to #90 and Adam from #44 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Joey went from #323 to #90 and Alex from #170 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Joey went from #323 to #90 and Alexander from #105 to #55.
Ben Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Joey went from #323 to #90 and Ben from #152 to #40.

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 1990 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #78 in Republic of Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Joey

Joey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Joey across 4 official records

Joey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Joey appears in

Popularity data

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Joey and the names beside it

Joey moved ahead of

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Joey at a glance

Joey across 4 official records

Joey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Joey appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Joey moved ahead of

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