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Joy
Pronounced /d͡ʒɔɪ/
Rank in 2024
#4,964
Born in 2024
20
Peak year
1922 · #842
Origin
English
Also recorded for girls:702 in 2024 (#442)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 20 boys were named Joy, about 1 in every 85,766.
- It peaked in 1922 with 66 babies, ranked #842.
- It first shows up in the records in 1883.
- 2,602 boys 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.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 758 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 662 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 348 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 236 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 210 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 158 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 187 babies, 0.01 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.