Joy in Massachusetts
Babies in Massachusetts
2,316
since 1923
Rank in Massachusetts · 2025
#284
recorded as girls
Peak year in Massachusetts
1974
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Massachusetts, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Joy in Massachusetts from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 284 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 17 | 334 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 17 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 14 | 396 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 15 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 8 | 580 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 13 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 24 | 236 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 11 | 484 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 8 | 607 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 11 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 6 | 727 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 8 | 598 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 7 | 656 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 6 | 719 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 13 | 404 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 8 | 577 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 9 | 547 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 10 | 499 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 12 | 442 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 9 | 522 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 10 | 482 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 7 | 627 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 15 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 8 | 573 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 11 | 444 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 12 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 10 | 472 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 7 | 549 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 7 | 580 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 11 | 410 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 6 | 629 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 9 | 492 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 12 | 402 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 10 | 476 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 10 | 484 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 12 | 419 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 14 | 361 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 12 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 17 | 299 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 24 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 23 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 13 | 337 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 22 | 236 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 23 | 222 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 25 | 211 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 31 | 181 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 31 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 31 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 42 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 51 | 121 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 60 | 112 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 36 | 158 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 45 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 47 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 38 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 38 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 32 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 42 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 31 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 41 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 36 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 51 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 61 | 143 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 60 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 53 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 49 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 67 | 141 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 71 | 131 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 41 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 44 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 45 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 40 | 163 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 38 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 36 | 168 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 27 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 30 | 179 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 32 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 26 | 204 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 27 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 19 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 28 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 24 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 33 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 20 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 17 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 15 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 10 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 8 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 10 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 12 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 12 | 212 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 13 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 6 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 12 | 219 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 19 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 13 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 11 | 246 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 7 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 9 | 280 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 7 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 5 | 391 | <5 | — |
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