Joab
12
Peak · 2005
2022
Last seen
22
Years on list
142
Total babies
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Joab
Joab is a rare UK boy's name. In 2024, fewer than three boys were registered with this name in England & Wales — the threshold below which the ONS suppresses counts to protect family privacy. It was last on the published list in 2022.
Joab reached its peak in 2005, when 12 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,534 for UK boys that year. Since then, registrations have dropped below the ONS reporting threshold of three babies per year.
Across 22 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 142 boys have been officially registered with the name Joab in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 20 boys were registered with the name, starting from 7 in 2014 and ending at 0 in 2024.