Joy
Rank in 2025
#419
recorded as girls
#3949
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
774
girls 747 · boys 27
Peak year
1974
2,757 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
143,324
since 1883
Born a Joy? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Joy was most popular in 1974, when 2,757 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 747 babies were named Joy, ranking #419 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 747 | 419 | 27 | 3949 |
| 2024 | 707 | 440 | 20 | 4890 |
| 2023 | 683 | 450 | 15 | 5927 |
| 2022 | 688 | 461 | 20 | 4850 |
| 2021 | 779 | 407 | 13 | 6335 |
| 2020 | 788 | 395 | 18 | 5041 |
| 2019 | 918 | 343 | 14 | 6104 |
| 2018 | 902 | 353 | 11 | 7136 |
| 2017 | 968 | 335 | 17 | 5297 |
| 2016 | 954 | 352 | 10 | 7605 |
| 2015 | 734 | 430 | 12 | 6676 |
| 2014 | 699 | 457 | 23 | 4263 |
| 2013 | 653 | 470 | 14 | 5923 |
| 2012 | 622 | 495 | 11 | 7050 |
| 2011 | 585 | 502 | 10 | 7502 |
| 2010 | 632 | 477 | 17 | 5251 |
| 2009 | 587 | 516 | 10 | 7692 |
| 2008 | 575 | 535 | 8 | 9019 |
| 2007 | 604 | 520 | 11 | 7094 |
| 2006 | 608 | 501 | 9 | 7998 |
| 2005 | 584 | 510 | 9 | 7640 |
| 2004 | 615 | 479 | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | 583 | 494 | 12 | 5877 |
| 2002 | 590 | 476 | 10 | 6522 |
| 2001 | 580 | 480 | 7 | 8339 |
| 2000 | 607 | 457 | 11 | 5920 |
| 1999 | 596 | 448 | 9 | 6530 |
| 1998 | 583 | 442 | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | 580 | 438 | 13 | 4668 |
| 1996 | 587 | 434 | 13 | 4613 |
| 1995 | 593 | 434 | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | 589 | 428 | 11 | 5109 |
| 1993 | 632 | 399 | 14 | 4227 |
| 1992 | 616 | 409 | 8 | 6128 |
| 1991 | 710 | 362 | 17 | 3462 |
| 1990 | 697 | 375 | 17 | 3467 |
| 1989 | 802 | 316 | 16 | 3446 |
| 1988 | 837 | 295 | 19 | 2860 |
| 1987 | 862 | 286 | 12 | 3731 |
| 1986 | 1,036 | 249 | 11 | 3882 |
| 1985 | 1,123 | 230 | 13 | 3401 |
| 1984 | 1,155 | 224 | 11 | 3701 |
| 1983 | 1,191 | 211 | 13 | 3230 |
| 1982 | 1,335 | 203 | 16 | 2831 |
| 1981 | 1,622 | 170 | 13 | 3221 |
| 1980 | 1,717 | 165 | 9 | 4134 |
| 1979 | 1,821 | 154 | 23 | 2157 |
| 1978 | 1,946 | 139 | 13 | 3070 |
| 1977 | 2,100 | 136 | 18 | 2458 |
| 1976 | 2,076 | 132 | 15 | 2709 |
| 1975 | 2,306 | 123 | 10 | 3428 |
| 1974 | 2,757 | 109 | 24 | 1886 |
| 1973 | 1,697 | 162 | 15 | 2513 |
| 1972 | 1,817 | 160 | 11 | 2991 |
| 1971 | 1,826 | 169 | 11 | 2973 |
| 1970 | 1,773 | 184 | 16 | 2293 |
| 1969 | 1,691 | 187 | 19 | 1914 |
| 1968 | 1,904 | 170 | 14 | 2200 |
| 1967 | 1,885 | 169 | 14 | 2139 |
| 1966 | 2,090 | 165 | 18 | 1814 |
| 1965 | 1,975 | 177 | 7 | 3244 |
| 1964 | 2,219 | 175 | 19 | 1850 |
| 1963 | 2,181 | 178 | 16 | 2044 |
| 1962 | 2,426 | 169 | 16 | 2035 |
| 1961 | 2,609 | 158 | 23 | 1686 |
| 1960 | 2,776 | 152 | 20 | 1812 |
| 1959 | 2,880 | 146 | 17 | 1974 |
| 1958 | 2,764 | 147 | 26 | 1534 |
| 1957 | 2,929 | 143 | 16 | 2019 |
| 1956 | 2,819 | 140 | 15 | 2091 |
| 1955 | 2,389 | 152 | 17 | 1902 |
| 1954 | 2,367 | 151 | 20 | 1706 |
| 1953 | 2,307 | 151 | 9 | 2709 |
| 1952 | 2,276 | 149 | 28 | 1430 |
| 1951 | 2,012 | 155 | 15 | 1972 |
| 1950 | 1,775 | 159 | 20 | 1657 |
| 1949 | 1,642 | 171 | 19 | 1702 |
| 1948 | 1,627 | 171 | 17 | 1817 |
| 1947 | 1,815 | 166 | 16 | 1916 |
| 1946 | 1,573 | 170 | 19 | 1642 |
| 1945 | 1,389 | 168 | 16 | 1697 |
| 1944 | 1,456 | 163 | 27 | 1282 |
| 1943 | 1,610 | 157 | 28 | 1308 |
| 1942 | 1,592 | 154 | 37 | 1119 |
| 1941 | 1,550 | 150 | 25 | 1333 |
| 1940 | 1,310 | 160 | 29 | 1251 |
| 1939 | 1,259 | 166 | 27 | 1272 |
| 1938 | 1,372 | 159 | 25 | 1337 |
| 1937 | 1,236 | 162 | 45 | 932 |
| 1936 | 1,483 | 144 | 47 | 893 |
| 1935 | 1,349 | 148 | 42 | 980 |
| 1934 | 1,342 | 152 | 41 | 1007 |
| 1933 | 1,291 | 147 | 39 | 1028 |
| 1932 | 1,361 | 147 | 39 | 1077 |
| 1931 | 1,224 | 152 | 52 | 887 |
| 1930 | 1,268 | 163 | 52 | 928 |
| 1929 | 1,138 | 177 | 44 | 1026 |
| 1928 | 1,091 | 188 | 47 | 1003 |
| 1927 | 1,127 | 183 | 63 | 849 |
| 1926 | 892 | 210 | 49 | 980 |
| 1925 | 772 | 236 | 61 | 851 |
| 1924 | 578 | 273 | 44 | 1071 |
| 1923 | 540 | 277 | 40 | 1128 |
| 1922 | 447 | 309 | 66 | 840 |
| 1921 | 392 | 332 | 47 | 1018 |
| 1920 | 376 | 336 | 48 | 987 |
| 1919 | 322 | 358 | 58 | 867 |
| 1918 | 303 | 377 | 37 | 1124 |
| 1917 | 256 | 393 | 41 | 1017 |
| 1916 | 214 | 429 | 42 | 984 |
| 1915 | 190 | 445 | 35 | 1082 |
| 1914 | 158 | 428 | 24 | 1188 |
| 1913 | 120 | 453 | 22 | 1075 |
| 1912 | 68 | 591 | 10 | 1619 |
| 1911 | 63 | 522 | 6 | 1537 |
| 1910 | 48 | 604 | 11 | 981 |
| 1909 | 54 | 509 | 6 | 1277 |
| 1908 | 38 | 617 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 38 | 601 | 7 | 1094 |
| 1906 | 40 | 555 | 7 | 1004 |
| 1905 | 38 | 564 | 6 | 1091 |
| 1904 | 36 | 559 | 10 | 760 |
| 1903 | 30 | 596 | 9 | 783 |
| 1902 | 38 | 518 | 9 | 794 |
| 1901 | 25 | 630 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 27 | 688 | 10 | 836 |
| 1899 | 23 | 644 | 5 | 1051 |
| 1898 | 20 | 750 | 5 | 1121 |
| 1897 | 30 | 537 | 6 | 942 |
| 1896 | 18 | 754 | 6 | 982 |
| 1895 | 24 | 622 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 21 | 643 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 10 | 955 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 16 | 726 | 6 | 956 |
| 1891 | 14 | 727 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 10 | 872 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 20 | 567 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 10 | 837 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 7 | 937 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 6 | 993 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 9 | 745 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 5 | 892 |
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Where Joy is most popular
- Maryland1.5×
- New Jersey1.3×
- Nevada1.3×
- Virginia1.3×
- Georgia1.2×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 98% · boys 2% across all years