Jobeth

Girls' name

Combination of Jo and Beth

Jobeth has been given to 486 babies in the U.S. since 1942. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1985, with 43 recorded.

Babies named Jobeth, 2003

1 in 543,000

Jobeth over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jobeth: meaning, origin, and history

Combination of Jo and Beth

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jobeth means

Jobeth is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Jobeth is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.bɛθ/ for Jobeth.

The naming story behind Jobeth

The reference identifies Jobeth as a combination of Jo and Beth. This is a documented two-name formation.

The histories of Jo and Beth belong to their separate source entries. The source does not identify every bearer’s family motivation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jo and Beth.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 486 girls were recorded with the name Jobeth between 1942 and 2003. Its highest annual count was 43 in 1985; its best national rank was #2,330 in 1985.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Jobeth?

Jobeth had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2003, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2003: 1 in 543,000; 7 of 3,801,425 births
Among girls only: 1 in 261,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2003: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 376,422 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jobeth sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2003 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 376,422 children born in 2003 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jobeth. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jobeths were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jobeth was born before 1985 — so the typical Jobeth is around 40 today.

Median birth year: 1985; About 40 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 43.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 69.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 478; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 43.6% of all recorded uses (212).

Is Jobeth rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1985 (43)
Years since peak: 40; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,330; 1985

Spellings of Jobeth

Jobeth is not the most common spelling — Beth is, with 90.9% against Jobeth's 0.28%.

Beth90.9%159,430
Joseph6.1%10,723
Janeth2.7%4,792
Jobeth0.28%486

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jobeth by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,330; 1985
Peak year: 1985; 43 that year
First recorded: 1942
Last recorded: 2003
All-time count: 486
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jobeth

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Jobeth

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Linsey Candis Kristan Santana Chiquita Kandice Daniel Domonique

For a brother

Whitney Marques Shea Derik Derrell Brenton Antoine Darell

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