Journei
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JUR-nee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,443 for girls
Journei is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “journey”. In 2025 it ranked 1,443rd for girls in the US (149 babies).
What does Journei mean?
English: respelling of the word journey
“journey”
The English word journey comes from Old French journée, originally meaning a day's travel.
Is Journei a girl's or a boy's name?
Journei is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 149 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Journei in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,443rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 149 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 149 girls in the US were named Journei, making it the 1,443rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,362nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 194 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Journei in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 455 girls in the US were given Journei or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #639, up from #1,443 for this spelling alone.
Journei in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 149 | #1,443 |
| 2024 | 147 | #1,484 |
| 2023 | 174 | #1,304 |
| 2022 | 177 | #1,325 |
| 2021 | 194 | #1,219 |
| 2020 | 160 | #1,362 |
| 2019 | 177 | #1,295 |
| 2018 | 175 | #1,299 |
| 2017 | 141 | #1,552 |
| 2016 | 119 | #1,743 |
| 2015 | 111 | #1,850 |
| 2014 | 111 | #1,830 |
| 2013 | 88 | #2,137 |
| 2012 | 76 | #2,426 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,867 |
| 2010 | 53 | #3,122 |
| 2009 | 44 | #3,618 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
Names like Journei
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harlow, Miller, Harper, Jovie, Oakley, Marlowe, Palmer, Juniper, Leighton, Halo, Collins, Saylor
Other spellings of Journei
Jurnee, Journii, Jurni, Journeii, Journiee, Jurnie, Journeigh, Jurnei, Jernee, Jerni, Jurney
Names related to Journei
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Journei: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/journei, updated 20 October 2026.