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Boy · Hebrew, through English
Joey
Say it: JOH-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Joseph, from Hebrew Yosef 'he will add'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used on birth certificates mainly in the 1960s to 1990s, though far more common as a nickname.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1970s
In the United States
- 59,249 babies given this name since 1915
- At its height in 1976, about 1 in 1,400 boys
- 403 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Joee
Famous bearers
- Joey Ramone, American punk singer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.