NameTides

Joy

Joy was the #419 girls' name in the US in 2025 (747 babies), and #542 in England & Wales and #377 in Canada.

Joy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Joy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaUSEngland & WalesIreland
Joy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#419 (747)#542 (73)#301 (11)—#608 (5)#377 (81)—
2024#440 (707)#467 (88)#384 (8)—#736 (4)#434 (70)—
2023#450 (683)#516 (76)#263 (14)#264 (6)—#566 (51)—
2022#461 (688)#559 (70)#418 (7)#305 (5)#905 (3)#494 (59)—
2021#407 (779)#506 (82)#316 (11)#266 (6)#586 (6)#439 (70)—
2020#395 (788)#525 (76)#399 (8)—#444 (8)#422 (72)—
2019#343 (918)#537 (75)#376 (9)#336 (4)#362 (11)#423 (77)—
2018#353 (902)#545 (76)#449 (7)#434 (3)#299 (15)#419 (77)—
2017#335 (968)#604 (70)#347 (10)#215 (8)#579 (6)#388 (86)—
2016#352 (954)#594 (71)#585 (5)—#476 (8)#328 (104)—
2015#430 (734)#666 (61)#318 (12)—#751 (4)#553 (55)—
2014#457 (699)#740 (53)#477 (7)—#584 (6)#475 (69)—
2013#470 (653)#659 (61)#506 (6)—#459 (9)#546 (55)—
2012#495 (622)#768 (51)—#451 (3)#354 (14)#502 (60)—
2011#502 (585)#645 (62)#394 (9)#444 (3)#414 (11)#666 (43)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1974 at #109.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1885.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 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 2,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Joy is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Joy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #511WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #502MNIllinois: #471ILMichigan: #438MINew York: #411NYMassachusetts: #284MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #264NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #577INOhio: #444OHPennsylvania: #466PANew Jersey: #301NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #359CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #497CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #480MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #413VAMaryland: #283MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #477AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #375TNNorth Carolina: #510NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #296OKLouisiana: #369LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #348ALGeorgia: #402GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #368TXFlorida: #312FL
Joy (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#48326
Quebec2025#5009

Joy (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
JoyCanadaGirls#37781
JoyCanadaBoys#2,7896
JoyEngland & WalesGirls#54273
JoyEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
JoyIrelandGirls#6085
JoyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JoyNSWGirls—too few
JoyScotlandGirls#30111
JoyUSGirls#419747
JoyUSBoys#3,94927