Joy

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Primarily a girl's name · 98% 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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 92 babies (rank #375 that year). In 2024 it was given to 66 girls (rank #450). 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.

1,683
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
92
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
199132#692
199230#728
199327#782
199434#614
199529#729
199623#878
199726#797
199834#659
199929#749
200029#728
200139#607
200244#551
200345#560
200443#579
200554#505
200652#533
200749#573
200857#531
200951#590
201048#601
201143#668
201256#530
201352#574
201462#507
201554#563
201692#375
201775#431
201873#440
201975#430
202065#452
202162#470
202250#559
202349#579
202466#450