Masculine dossier · first seen 1977

Joah

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Joah
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2023

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1977Peak 20232024

Peak year

2023

Decline from peak

10.1%

2024

All-time

1,167

Joah has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2023, when 79 boys were named Joah.

In 2024, only 71 boys were given the name.

Down 10.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,167 Americans have been named Joah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1977.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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