boys:
895 births since 1965
#3694 (19th percentile)
overall:
895 births since 1965
#6844 (12th percentile)
The name Joab is the #6,844 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 895 recorded births since 1965. This represents the 11.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,694 (19.4% percentile) for all time with 895 births since 1965.
Joab first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1965 (first recorded for boys in 1965). Birth data for Joab is available in 52 out of the 59 years between 1965 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Joab reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #893) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Joab is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #876 (3.8% percentile) with 22 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Joab".
These names exclude other spelling variations of Job. View all variations of Job.
These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Joab", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 4 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Job" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Job..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Joab. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.7% confident that Joab is pronounced as JOH-ab, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JOH-uhb, at 23.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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