Joi
Girl · JOY · English
Joi is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “joy”. In 2025 it ranked 3,249th for girls in the US (48 babies).
What does Joi mean?
English: respelling of Joy, echoing French joie
“joy”
A respelling of Joy that echoes the French word joie.
- Say it
- JOY
Is Joi a girl's or a boy's name?
Joi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,249among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 48about 1 in 33,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 48 girls in the US were named Joi, making it the 3,249th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,341st. Its busiest year was 1981, with 164 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
2025 had fewer girls named Joi than any year since 1962.
Half of all the girls named Joi in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 862 girls in the US were given Joi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #384, up from #3,249 for this spelling alone.
Joi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #3,249 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,442 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,608 |
| 2020 | 75 | #2,341 |
| 2019 | 79 | #2,285 |
| 2018 | 81 | #2,254 |
| 2017 | 75 | #2,401 |
| 2016 | 71 | #2,517 |
| 2015 | 87 | #2,169 |
| 2014 | 91 | #2,114 |
| 2013 | 83 | #2,236 |
| 2012 | 81 | #2,315 |
| 2011 | 69 | #2,588 |
| 2010 | 61 | #2,840 |
| 2009 | 89 | #2,204 |
| 2008 | 96 | #2,106 |
| 2007 | 90 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 84 | #2,267 |
| 2005 | 97 | #1,968 |
| 2004 | 102 | #1,854 |
| 2003 | 104 | #1,801 |
| 2002 | 116 | #1,593 |
| 2001 | 119 | #1,559 |
| 2000 | 97 | #1,787 |
| 1999 | 87 | #1,825 |
| 1998 | 105 | #1,565 |
| 1997 | 106 | #1,523 |
| 1996 | 76 | #1,896 |
| 1995 | 120 | #1,367 |
| 1994 | 108 | #1,462 |
| 1993 | 82 | #1,772 |
| 1992 | 81 | #1,778 |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,773 |
| 1990 | 80 | #1,792 |
| 1989 | 82 | #1,663 |
| 1988 | 97 | #1,426 |
| 1987 | 102 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 83 | #1,494 |
| 1985 | 100 | #1,323 |
| 1984 | 110 | #1,190 |
| 1983 | 101 | #1,247 |
| 1982 | 138 | #1,045 |
| 1981 | 164 | #912 |
| 1980 | 137 | #1,043 |
| 1979 | 119 | #1,125 |
| 1978 | 122 | #1,078 |
| 1977 | 122 | #1,067 |
| 1976 | 72 | #1,446 |
| 1975 | 81 | #1,332 |
| 1974 | 91 | #1,209 |
| 1973 | 69 | #1,418 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,627 |
| 1971 | 63 | #1,546 |
| 1970 | 64 | #1,526 |
| 1969 | 78 | #1,270 |
| 1968 | 68 | #1,347 |
| 1967 | 70 | #1,299 |
| 1966 | 85 | #1,153 |
| 1965 | 61 | #1,407 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,610 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,579 |
| 1962 | 46 | #1,671 |
| 1961 | 77 | #1,259 |
| 1960 | 91 | #1,137 |
| 1959 | 84 | #1,159 |
| 1958 | 78 | #1,202 |
| 1957 | 66 | #1,300 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,597 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,279 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
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