Fun Facts About the Name Jobe
- More than 1 thousand babies named Jobe: U.S. records list 1,325 babies given the name Jobe from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jobe Mean?
Jobe is an English spelling of the biblical name Job, which comes from the Hebrew Iyyov (אִיּוֹב). The meaning of that Hebrew name is uncertain. A long-standing suggestion links it to a root meaning "to be hostile" or "to hate," which would give a sense such as "hated" or "persecuted." Another suggestion treats it as a byname meaning "one who turns back" or "repentant." Neither explanation is settled, and the meaning is commonly described as disputed.
The Arabic form of the same figure's name is Ayyub, used in the Quran. Since Jobe is a spelling of Job rather than a separate name with its own root, it carries the same uncertain meaning.
Jobe Name History & Origins
The name rests on the figure of Job in the Hebrew Bible, a righteous man whose loyalty to God is tested by the loss of his children, his health, and his property. The Hebrew Iyyov was written in Greek as Iob in the Septuagint and in Latin as Iob, which became English Job. Jewish and Christian tradition counts Job among the prophets, and several churches honor him as a saint.
Job was used as a personal name in medieval England, and English surnames such as Job, Jobb, and Jobe grew out of it. Jobe is found as a family name in England and later in North America. Its use as a given name draws on both the surname and the biblical name. The final -e keeps the vowel long, so Jobe is usually pronounced the same way as the book of Job.
The name also has a separate life in Arabic and in Muslim countries as Ayyub, the form used for the same prophetic figure. In English-speaking countries, Job and its spelling Jobe remained uncommon given names, though Old Testament names of this kind were used by Puritans and other Protestant families from the 1600s onward.
How Popular is the Name Jobe?
Jobe recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2003. Its best rank was #872 in 1887.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,988 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #7,004 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #6,059 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #8,615 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #7,332 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #4,935 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2019 | #6,586 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #4,830 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #4,662 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2016 | #4,855 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #5,619 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #3,732 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2013 | #4,244 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2012 | #3,584 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2011 | #3,650 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2010 | #3,948 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2009 | #4,357 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2008 | #4,321 | 23 | 0.0011% |
| 2007 | #4,182 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2006 | #2,905 | 39 | 0.0019% |
| 2005 | #2,928 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 2004 | #3,324 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2003 | #2,529 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 2002 | #2,724 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2001 | #3,024 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2000 | #3,032 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1999 | #3,063 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1998 | #2,969 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1997 | #2,643 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1996 | #3,751 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #2,968 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1994 | #3,675 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1993 | #2,981 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1992 | #4,442 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #4,115 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #5,172 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #4,394 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #3,433 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1987 | #2,888 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1986 | #3,198 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1985 | #5,426 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #5,237 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #3,514 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1982 | #4,080 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #4,321 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #3,724 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #2,712 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1978 | #4,339 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #2,978 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1976 | #3,164 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1975 | #2,826 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1974 | #3,036 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1973 | #2,784 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1972 | #3,245 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1971 | #4,160 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #5,073 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #4,695 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1968 | #4,416 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #3,712 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #3,479 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #4,319 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1959 | #3,147 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1958 | #3,413 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #3,399 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #3,726 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1953 | #4,079 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #2,317 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1950 | #3,176 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1947 | #3,545 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1943 | #3,383 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1942 | #3,823 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1940 | #3,702 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1939 | #2,714 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1937 | #3,788 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1935 | #3,917 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1934 | #3,933 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1932 | #3,227 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1931 | #3,243 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1930 | #4,278 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1929 | #3,398 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1928 | #2,752 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1926 | #3,021 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1925 | #3,957 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1924 | #2,296 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1923 | #4,545 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1922 | #3,395 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1921 | #4,099 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #2,677 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1919 | #2,779 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1918 | #2,622 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1917 | #3,062 | 8 | 0.0009% |
| 1916 | #2,640 | 10 | 0.0011% |
| 1897 | #1,010 | 6 | 0.0053% |
| 1887 | #872 | 6 | 0.0059% |
| 1882 | #894 | 6 | 0.0053% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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