Joy in Iowa
Babies in Iowa
2,159
since 1910
Rank in Iowa · 2025
#492
recorded as girls
Peak year in Iowa
1974
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Iowa, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Joy in Iowa from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 492 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 7 | 446 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 6 | 497 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 7 | 440 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 8 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 8 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 9 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 8 | 400 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 11 | 310 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 6 | 502 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 6 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 6 | 488 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 5 | 554 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 6 | 476 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 431 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 462 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 6 | 415 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 6 | 399 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 6 | 391 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | 308 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 5 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 6 | 367 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 8 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 11 | 234 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 5 | 404 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 5 | 397 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 10 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 18 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 13 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 15 | 211 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 22 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 17 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 30 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 23 | 166 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 27 | 135 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 38 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 30 | 121 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 42 | 98 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 41 | 100 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 20 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 36 | 120 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 22 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 22 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 28 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 18 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 22 | 181 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 34 | 139 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 37 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 25 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 32 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 29 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 28 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 32 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 46 | 140 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 50 | 127 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 64 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 40 | 145 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 44 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 33 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 43 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 43 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 40 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 33 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 38 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 31 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 30 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 26 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 25 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 28 | 115 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 14 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 30 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 35 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 21 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 40 | 92 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 26 | 133 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 28 | 122 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 42 | 91 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 35 | 106 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 26 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 24 | 138 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 30 | 112 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 29 | 122 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 28 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 22 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 30 | 122 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 16 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 21 | 158 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 22 | 163 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 20 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 16 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 15 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 17 | 195 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 9 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 6 | 346 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 15 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 10 | 275 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 5 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 10 | 258 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 6 | 283 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1912 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 8 | 141 | <5 | — |