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Joy
Pronounced /d͡ʒɔɪ/
Rank in 2024
#442
Born in 2024
702
Peak year
1957 · #143
Origin
English
Also recorded for boys:20 in 2024 (#4,964)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 702 girls were named Joy, about 1 in every 2,298.
- It peaked in 1957 with 2,929 babies, ranked #143.
- It first shows up in the records in 1885.
- 139,933 girls have been named Joy since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Joy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.4Greatest1901–27
- 1.2Silent1928–45
- 1.2Boomers1946–64
- 1.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.5Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 7,203 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Silent: 24,322 babies, 1.18 per 1,000. Boomers: 43,386 babies, 1.21 per 1,000. Gen X: 31,382 babies, 1.23 per 1,000. Millennials: 14,387 babies, 0.51 per 1,000. Gen Z: 9,530 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,458 babies, 0.47 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From the noun joy, first used by Puritans in the 17th century.
- A female given name from English.
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- /d͡ʒɔɪ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Joy, CC BY-SA 4.0.