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How popular is the name Joey?
Births per year, rank history and how many Joeys are alive today.
Joey (male) is a shortened form of the name Joseph. Although Joey itself was given to 324 babies in England and Wales in 2025 (ranked 163rd as a registered name), most Joeys are registered as Joseph, which ranked 59th in 2025 with 811 babies.
Most people called Joey are registered as Joseph, and share that name's profile: the Joseph you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Josephs born in England and Wales are between 21 and 53, and there are at least 230,000 of them alive today. Only some Josephs go by Joey.
How many babies are named Joey or Joseph each year?
Combined registrations of Joseph, Joey. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Joseph rank as a registered name?
Where does Joey rank as a registered name?
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
Is Joey short for Joseph?
Yes - Joey is a shortened form of Joseph. Joeys are usually registered as Joseph at birth.
When was the name Joey most popular?
The full name Joseph peaked in 1904, when around 11,100 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Joey itself peaked as a registered name in 2014, with 627 babies.
How many people are called Joey?
There's no official count of people who go by Joey, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 230,000 people registered as Joseph born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Joey.
How old is the typical Joey?
Most people called Joey are registered as Joseph. Most living Josephs are between 21 and 53; the most common age is about 30.
Is Joey becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.