NameTides

Journey

Journey was the #411 girls' name in the US in 2025 (757 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #1,315 in Canada.

Journey as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Journey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Journey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#411 (757)#3,333 (7)#1,315 (19)
2024#320 (961)#2,412 (11)#1,077 (24)
2023#331 (933)#4,710 (4)#1,419 (16)
2022#312 (1,025)#4,646 (4)#1,132 (22)
2021#264 (1,178)#3,192 (7)#859 (33)
2020#292 (1,095)#5,493 (3)#880 (31)
2019#245 (1,298)#4,686 (4)#1,032 (25)
2018#226 (1,397)#4,684 (4)#690 (42)
2017#276 (1,167)—#881 (31)
2016#262 (1,219)#5,785 (3)#1,230 (20)
2015#274 (1,157)—#1,115 (22)
2014#288 (1,126)—#917 (29)
2013#335 (960)—#1,021 (25)
2012#327 (958)—#801 (34)
2011#369 (867)—#1,081 (23)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #226.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1981.
  • In 2025, 91% of US babies named Journey were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Journey is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Journey by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #447WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #511WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #397MNIllinois: #384ILMichigan: #374MINew York: #610NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #305INOhio: #323OHPennsylvania: #414PANew Jersey: #470NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #556CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #307KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #272VAMaryland: #269MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #632AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #270ARTennessee: #389TNNorth Carolina: #291NCSouth Carolina: #332SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #272OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #218MSAlabama: #177ALGeorgia: #223GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #431TXFlorida: #404FL
Journey (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#78315

Journey (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JourneyCanadaGirls#1,31519
JourneyCanadaBoys#2,0959
JourneyEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
JourneyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
JourneyUSGirls#411757
JourneyUSBoys#1,94279