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Joy name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Joy ranks #419 in female records (747 reported) and #3,993 in male records (27 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#419 · 747 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 40 female records (707 to 747); rank moved from #440 to #419.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 32 female records (779 to 747); rank moved from #407 to #419.
2025 male rank and count
#3,993 · 27 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count increased by 7 male records (20 to 27); rank moved from #4,968 to #3,993.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count increased by 14 male records (13 to 27); rank moved from #6,496 to #3,993.
Peak year in available data
2017: 968 female records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Joy becoming more popular?

Joy's reported female count increased by 40 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #440 to #419. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Joy in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for JoyFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.9680201620252016: 954 female records2017: 968 female records2018: 902 female records2019: 918 female records2020: 788 female records2021: 779 female records2022: 688 female records2023: 683 female records2024: 707 female records2025: 747 female records2016: 10 male records2017: 17 male records2018: 11 male records2019: 14 male records2020: 18 male records2021: 13 male records2022: 20 male records2023: 15 male records2024: 20 male records2025: 27 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025747419273,993
2024707440204,968
2023683451156,069
2022688462204,929
2021779407136,496
2020788396185,135
2019918344146,248
2018902353117,357
2017968336175,403
2016954352107,864

Questions about Joy’s popularity

How common is Joy in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Joy ranks #419 in female records (747 reported) and #3,993 in male records (27 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Joy?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Joy only.

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