Joy in California
Babies in California
11,957
since 1913
Rank in California · 2025
#359
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1936
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Joy in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 71 | 482 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 86 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 94 | 377 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 95 | 372 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 105 | 335 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 150 | 252 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 137 | 275 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 151 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 153 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 114 | 364 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 99 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 100 | 406 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 81 | 498 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 73 | 519 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 79 | 498 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 75 | 534 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 86 | 514 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 70 | 587 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 78 | 544 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 90 | 466 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 88 | 478 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 63 | 594 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 78 | 501 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 84 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 86 | 456 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 83 | 450 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 61 | 587 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 61 | 570 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 78 | 493 | 7 | 1,652 |
| 1995 | 74 | 506 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 65 | 566 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 64 | 580 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 86 | 476 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 92 | 458 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 73 | 535 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 92 | 433 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 89 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 97 | 376 | 6 | 1,621 |
| 1986 | 124 | 304 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 121 | 301 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 132 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 128 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 119 | 282 | 5 | 1,595 |
| 1981 | 147 | 238 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 151 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 189 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 164 | 181 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 174 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 186 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 200 | 141 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 229 | 125 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 145 | 177 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 149 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 157 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 125 | 249 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 124 | 243 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 165 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 171 | 181 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 186 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 169 | 202 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 182 | 194 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 168 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 195 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 195 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 197 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 206 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 208 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 209 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 222 | 145 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 190 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 163 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 177 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 150 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 149 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 133 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 124 | 163 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 108 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 137 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 125 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 88 | 166 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 96 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 102 | 147 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 101 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 66 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 61 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 59 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 79 | 121 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 59 | 145 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 92 | 93 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 79 | 101 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 61 | 117 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 69 | 108 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 72 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 77 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 93 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 67 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 66 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 56 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 49 | 157 | 6 | 454 |
| 1925 | 41 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 40 | 178 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 35 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 20 | 224 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 24 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 21 | 220 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 15 | 242 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 11 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 12 | 247 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 13 | 224 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 9 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 7 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 8 | 230 | <5 | — |