Journey
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #411 for girls
Journey is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 411th for girls in the US (757 babies).
What does Journey mean?
English
A female given name from English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Journey a girl's or a boy's name?
Journey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 757 girls and 79 boys in the US.
How popular is Journey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 92% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Journey, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Journey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Journey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
How popular is Journey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 411th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 757 about 1 in 2,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 757 girls in the US were named Journey, making it the 411th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 292nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 1,397 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981. 79 boys were also named Journey in 2025 (1,942nd for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Journey than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Journey in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 79% of the babies named Journey in the US in 1994, and 91% in 2025.
Journey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 757 | #411 |
| 2024 | 961 | #320 |
| 2023 | 933 | #331 |
| 2022 | 1,025 | #312 |
| 2021 | 1,178 | #264 |
| 2020 | 1,095 | #292 |
| 2019 | 1,298 | #245 |
| 2018 | 1,397 | #226 |
| 2017 | 1,167 | #276 |
| 2016 | 1,219 | #262 |
| 2015 | 1,157 | #274 |
| 2014 | 1,126 | #288 |
| 2013 | 960 | #335 |
| 2012 | 958 | #327 |
| 2011 | 867 | #369 |
| 2010 | 754 | #419 |
| 2009 | 613 | #498 |
| 2008 | 527 | #589 |
| 2007 | 422 | #690 |
| 2006 | 331 | #821 |
| 2005 | 343 | #772 |
| 2004 | 259 | #930 |
| 2003 | 265 | #898 |
| 2002 | 239 | #936 |
| 2001 | 235 | #939 |
| 2000 | 168 | #1,186 |
| 1999 | 217 | #951 |
| 1998 | 106 | #1,555 |
| 1997 | 59 | #2,280 |
| 1996 | 62 | #2,174 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,783 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
Names like Journey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harper, Willow, Riley, Ivy, Lily, Felicity, Aria, Harley, Everly, Paisley, Marley, Delilah
Names related to Journey
Journee, Journi, Journei, Jurnee, Journie, Journii, Journeii, Journiee
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Ellie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Journey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/journey, updated 20 October 2026.