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Joby
OriginDiminutive of Job, Hebrew
Meaning"persecuted"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · boysUnranked
Below 5 births
US rank · girlsUnranked
Below 5 births
About Joby
A jaunty diminutive of Job, or simply a soundalike to Toby, Koby et al.
Joby for girls
Reduces and lightens up the Job connection even further, sounding like a lively, Jody-like nickname name.
Pronounced JOH-bee.
As of October 2026, Joby ranked #7981 in US births in 2024 SSA, peaked at #1486 in 1972.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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- Joby TalbotBoy
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- Joby WarrickBoy
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- Joseph "Joby" WrightBoy
American basketball player and coach
- Joby BakerBoy
Canadian actor
- S. John "Joby" ShawBoy
English rugby leaguer
Joby in pop culture
- Joby JacksonBoy
fairground showman in "The Good Companions" (1929) by J. B. Priestley
- Job "JobyBoy
" little boy in the 1984 adaptation of Stephen King's "Children of the Corn"
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