Joey

Meaning: God will add
Origin: Hebrew — Short form of Joseph

Boy's name · #877 in the US (2025) · Timeless

62% boys · 38% girls — Joey is also given to girls: 146 in 2025, about 38% in recent years. Joey →

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Joey — on the books since 1915, #877 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 54,000 boys have carried the name since.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#72 in N. Ireland (2025) · #75 in Scotland (2025) · #90 in Ireland (2025) · #163 in England & Wales (2025) · #216 in Netherlands (2025) · #460 in Canada (2025) · #877 in France (2025) · #1,143 in Sweden (2025) · #1,199 in Belgium (2025) · #1,397 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,842 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,478 in Italy (2024) and 4 more.

Famous Joeys

Joey Barton — English association football player and manager (born 1982)
Joey Jordison — American musician (1975–2021)
Joey Ramone — American punk rock singer (1951–2001)
Joey Veerman — Dutch footballer (born 1998)
Joey Tempest — Swedish singer (born 1963)

In stories & tradition

Joey Tribbiani — Fictional character from the American sitcoms Friends and Joey
Joey Wheeler — Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light (anime series)
Joey Zasa — The Godfather (film)

What Joeys become

Among 872 notable people named Joey:

Sports figures appear 2.47× more often than among typical names — e.g. Joey Barton, English association football player and manager (born 1982).

Similar names: Joe · Toby · Jon · Coy · Benny · Jed

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