Boy
Joey
As a boy's name, Joey traces back to Hebrew, where it is understood to mean "Hebrew, God will add". It has faded some since the 1960s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. Since 1900, roughly 57,932 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
EtymologyDiminutive of Joseph
HebrewHebrew – "God will add"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
37
1920s
185
1930s
410
1940s
1,351
1950s
6,615
1960s
12,857
1970s
12,165
1980s
8,783
1990s
5,963
2000s
5,780
2010s
3,786
Peaked in the 1960s · 57,932 total U.S. births since 1900