Masculine dossier · first seen 1939

Joby

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1977

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1939Peak 19772024

Peak year

1977

Decline from peak

73%

2024

All-time

1,174

Joby 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 1977, when 37 boys were named Joby.

In 2024, only 10 boys were given the name.

Down 73% from its peak.

All told, about 1,174 Americans have been named Joby and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1939.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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