Joy

Joy

Primarily a girl's name · 96% 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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 71 babies (rank #600 that year). It was not in the 2024 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,228

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	65	#455
1997	65	#451
1998	53	#518
1999	52	#542
2000	50	#552
2001	47	#581
2002	44	#625
2003	43	#675
2004	58	#545
2005	57	#574
2006	51	#635
2007	63	#573
2008	55	#669
2009	54	#683
2010	65	#604
2011	62	#647
2012	51	#774
2013	61	#662
2014	53	#746
2015	61	#673
2016	71	#600

Year

Babies

Rank

1996

#455

1997

#451

1998

#518

1999

#542

2000

#552

2001

#581

2002

#625

2003

#675

2004

#545

2005

#574

2006

#635

2007

#573

2008

#669

2009

#683

2010

#604

2011

#647

2012

#774

2013

#662

2014

#746

2015

#673

2016

#600

Meaning

Numerology of Joy

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Famous people named Joy

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Other girls' names starting with J

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