Joy

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Joy is a common unisex given name meaning joy, happiness, joyful. A common variant of the name is the other female given name Joyce. Notable people with the given name include:

From Wikipedia

Joy first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 11 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 125 babies (rank #68 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Joy

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Joy yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

695
Total babies (all years)
11
Years in the data
125
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952125#68
1953122#70
1954104#76
195593#85
195688#82
195771#98
195880#99
20144#379
20152#693
20162#678
20173#474