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How popular is the name Joao?
Births per year, rank history and how many Joaos are alive today.
Joao (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1153rd in 2025 and given to 25 babies. The name peaked in 2007, when 39 babies were given the name, the 711th most popular that year.
The Joao you are most likely to meet is around 18 years old. Half of all Joaos born in England and Wales are between 9 and 23, and there are at least 770 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Joao - on average, only one in every 394 such rooms contains a Joao.
How many babies are named Joao each year?
Where does Joao rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Joao most popular?
Joao peaked in 2007, when 39 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Joao?
At least 770 people named Joao born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Joao?
Most living Joaos are between 9 and 23; the most common age is about 18.
Is Joao becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.