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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Joy

Used in both girl and boy records

Joy appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Joy by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDJoy as a girl’s nameUS records 1885–2024
#291girl rank1957peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDJoy as a boy’s nameUS records 1883–2024
#2405boy rank1922peak year
Read boy record ↗

Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Joy in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl19572,927 uses#10919741885–2020136 listed years
Boy192266 uses#76019041883–2020125 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.