Joy
#286 most common girls' name of all time · #527 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1883–2025
Rank among girls
#286
Rank overall
#527 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
143,324
Since 2016
8,299
Peak year
1957 #143
Best rank
#109 1974
Girls
Boys
peak 2,945/yr
Joy first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 747 | 27 | 774 | #420 |
| 2024 | 707 | 20 | 727 | #441 |
| 2023 | 683 | 15 | 698 | #450 |
| 2022 | 688 | 20 | 708 | #461 |
| 2021 | 779 | 13 | 792 | #407 |
| 2020 | 788 | 18 | 806 | #395 |
| 2019 | 918 | 14 | 932 | #344 |
| 2018 | 902 | 11 | 913 | #353 |
| 2017 | 968 | 17 | 985 | #336 |
| 2016 | 954 | 10 | 964 | #352 |
| 2015 | 734 | 12 | 746 | #430 |
| 2014 | 699 | 23 | 722 | #457 |
| 2013 | 653 | 14 | 667 | #470 |
| 2012 | 622 | 11 | 633 | #496 |
| 2011 | 585 | 10 | 595 | #502 |
| 2010 | 632 | 17 | 649 | #477 |
| 2009 | 587 | 10 | 597 | #516 |
| 2008 | 575 | 8 | 583 | #535 |
| 2007 | 604 | 11 | 615 | #520 |
| 2006 | 608 | 9 | 617 | #501 |
| 2005 | 584 | 9 | 593 | #510 |
| 2004 | 615 | 6 | 621 | #479 |
| 2003 | 583 | 12 | 595 | #494 |
| 2002 | 590 | 10 | 600 | #477 |
| 2001 | 580 | 7 | 587 | #480 |
| 2000 | 607 | 11 | 618 | #457 |
| 1999 | 596 | 9 | 605 | #448 |
| 1998 | 583 | 5 | 588 | #442 |
| 1997 | 580 | 13 | 593 | #438 |
| 1996 | 587 | 13 | 600 | #434 |
| 1995 | 593 | 6 | 599 | #434 |
| 1994 | 589 | 11 | 600 | #428 |
| 1993 | 632 | 14 | 646 | #399 |
| 1992 | 616 | 8 | 624 | #409 |
| 1991 | 710 | 17 | 727 | #362 |
| 1990 | 697 | 17 | 714 | #375 |
| 1989 | 802 | 16 | 818 | #316 |
| 1988 | 837 | 19 | 856 | #295 |
| 1987 | 862 | 12 | 874 | #286 |
| 1986 | 1,036 | 11 | 1,047 | #249 |
| 1985 | 1,123 | 13 | 1,136 | #230 |
| 1984 | 1,155 | 11 | 1,166 | #224 |
| 1983 | 1,191 | 13 | 1,204 | #211 |
| 1982 | 1,335 | 16 | 1,351 | #203 |
| 1981 | 1,622 | 13 | 1,635 | #170 |
| 1980 | 1,717 | 9 | 1,726 | #165 |
| 1979 | 1,821 | 23 | 1,844 | #154 |
| 1978 | 1,946 | 13 | 1,959 | #139 |
| 1977 | 2,100 | 18 | 2,118 | #136 |
| 1976 | 2,076 | 15 | 2,091 | #132 |
| 1975 | 2,306 | 10 | 2,316 | #123 |
| 1974 | 2,757 | 24 | 2,781 | #109 |
| 1973 | 1,697 | 15 | 1,712 | #162 |
| 1972 | 1,817 | 11 | 1,828 | #160 |
| 1971 | 1,826 | 11 | 1,837 | #169 |
| 1970 | 1,773 | 16 | 1,789 | #184 |
| 1969 | 1,691 | 19 | 1,710 | #187 |
| 1968 | 1,904 | 14 | 1,918 | #170 |
| 1967 | 1,885 | 14 | 1,899 | #169 |
| 1966 | 2,090 | 18 | 2,108 | #165 |
| 1965 | 1,975 | 7 | 1,982 | #177 |
| 1964 | 2,219 | 19 | 2,238 | #175 |
| 1963 | 2,181 | 16 | 2,197 | #178 |
| 1962 | 2,426 | 16 | 2,442 | #169 |
| 1961 | 2,609 | 23 | 2,632 | #158 |
| 1960 | 2,776 | 20 | 2,796 | #152 |
| 1959 | 2,880 | 17 | 2,897 | #146 |
| 1958 | 2,764 | 26 | 2,790 | #147 |
| 1957 | 2,929 | 16 | 2,945 | #143 |
| 1956 | 2,819 | 15 | 2,834 | #140 |
| 1955 | 2,389 | 17 | 2,406 | #152 |
| 1954 | 2,367 | 20 | 2,387 | #151 |
| 1953 | 2,307 | 9 | 2,316 | #151 |
| 1952 | 2,276 | 28 | 2,304 | #149 |
| 1951 | 2,012 | 15 | 2,027 | #155 |
| 1950 | 1,775 | 20 | 1,795 | #159 |
| 1949 | 1,642 | 19 | 1,661 | #171 |
| 1948 | 1,627 | 17 | 1,644 | #171 |
| 1947 | 1,815 | 16 | 1,831 | #166 |
| 1946 | 1,573 | 19 | 1,592 | #170 |
| 1945 | 1,389 | 16 | 1,405 | #168 |
| 1944 | 1,456 | 27 | 1,483 | #163 |
| 1943 | 1,610 | 28 | 1,638 | #157 |
| 1942 | 1,592 | 37 | 1,629 | #154 |
| 1941 | 1,550 | 25 | 1,575 | #150 |
| 1940 | 1,310 | 29 | 1,339 | #160 |
| 1939 | 1,259 | 27 | 1,286 | #166 |
| 1938 | 1,372 | 25 | 1,397 | #159 |
| 1937 | 1,236 | 45 | 1,281 | #162 |
| 1936 | 1,483 | 47 | 1,530 | #144 |
| 1935 | 1,349 | 42 | 1,391 | #148 |
| 1934 | 1,342 | 41 | 1,383 | #152 |
| 1933 | 1,291 | 39 | 1,330 | #147 |
| 1932 | 1,361 | 39 | 1,400 | #147 |
| 1931 | 1,224 | 52 | 1,276 | #152 |
| 1930 | 1,268 | 52 | 1,320 | #163 |
| 1929 | 1,138 | 44 | 1,182 | #177 |
| 1928 | 1,091 | 47 | 1,138 | #188 |
| 1927 | 1,127 | 63 | 1,190 | #183 |
| 1926 | 892 | 49 | 941 | #210 |
| 1925 | 772 | 61 | 833 | #236 |
| 1924 | 578 | 44 | 622 | #274 |
| 1923 | 540 | 40 | 580 | #277 |
| 1922 | 447 | 66 | 513 | #309 |
| 1921 | 392 | 47 | 439 | #333 |
| 1920 | 376 | 48 | 424 | #337 |
| 1919 | 322 | 58 | 380 | #358 |
| 1918 | 303 | 37 | 340 | #377 |
| 1917 | 256 | 41 | 297 | #394 |
| 1916 | 214 | 42 | 256 | #430 |
| 1915 | 190 | 35 | 225 | #446 |
| 1914 | 158 | 24 | 182 | #430 |
| 1913 | 120 | 22 | 142 | #455 |
| 1912 | 68 | 10 | 78 | #595 |
| 1911 | 63 | 6 | 69 | #529 |
| 1910 | 48 | 11 | 59 | #609 |
| 1909 | 54 | 6 | 60 | #514 |
| 1908 | 38 | — | 38 | #627 |
| 1907 | 38 | 7 | 45 | #612 |
| 1906 | 40 | 7 | 47 | #560 |
| 1905 | 38 | 6 | 44 | #568 |
| 1904 | 36 | 10 | 46 | #567 |
| 1903 | 30 | 9 | 39 | #603 |
| 1902 | 38 | 9 | 47 | #527 |
| 1901 | 25 | — | 25 | #641 |
| 1900 | 27 | 10 | 37 | #699 |
| 1899 | 23 | 5 | 28 | #660 |
| 1898 | 20 | 5 | 25 | #764 |
| 1897 | 30 | 6 | 36 | #553 |
| 1896 | 18 | 6 | 24 | #786 |
| 1895 | 24 | — | 24 | #636 |
| 1894 | 21 | — | 21 | #659 |
| 1893 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,001 |
| 1892 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #758 |
| 1891 | 14 | — | 14 | #747 |
| 1890 | 10 | — | 10 | #923 |
| 1889 | 20 | — | 20 | #588 |
| 1888 | 10 | — | 10 | #880 |
| 1887 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,006 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,067 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | 9 | #785 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | — |