Joy
Girl · JOY · English
Joy is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “joy”. In 2025 it ranked 516th for girls in the UK (84 babies) and 419th for girls in the US (747 babies).
What does Joy mean?
English: English word name
“joy”
The word came into English from French joie, from Latin gaudium, gladness.
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- JOY
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Is Joy a girl's or a boy's name?
Joy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 84 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 747 girls and 27 boys in the US.
How popular is Joy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #516among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 84about 1 in 3,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 84 girls in the UK were named Joy, making it the 516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 525th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 99 girls. 3 boys were also named Joy in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Joy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 542nd in England and Wales and 301st in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#92), 1944 (#90) and 1954 (#89).
Joy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | #516 |
| 2024 | 96 | #467 |
| 2023 | 96 | #462 |
| 2022 | 82 | #525 |
| 2021 | 99 | #478 |
| 2020 | 84 | #525 |
| 2019 | 88 | #518 |
| 2018 | 86 | #540 |
| 2017 | 88 | #533 |
| 2016 | 76 | #605 |
| 2015 | 73 | #634 |
| 2014 | 60 | #712 |
| 2013 | 67 | #664 |
| 2012 | 54 | #785 |
| 2011 | 74 | #596 |
| 2010 | 81 | #545 |
| 2009 | 59 | #687 |
| 2008 | 71 | #586 |
| 2007 | 71 | #570 |
| 2006 | 60 | #615 |
| 2005 | 75 | #509 |
| 2004 | 68 | #524 |
| 2003 | 50 | #632 |
| 2002 | 49 | #619 |
| 2001 | 59 | #545 |
| 2000 | 57 | #547 |
| 1999 | 61 | #525 |
| 1998 | 68 | #486 |
| 1997 | 73 | #463 |
| 1996 | 73 | #452 |
How popular is Joy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #419among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 747about 1 in 2,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 747 girls in the US were named Joy, making it the 419th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 395th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 2,929 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885. 27 boys were also named Joy in 2025 (3,948th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Joy in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 862 girls in the US were given Joy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #384, up from #419 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 83% of the babies named Joy in the US in 1897, and 97% in 2025.
Joy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 747 | #419 |
| 2024 | 707 | #440 |
| 2023 | 683 | #450 |
| 2022 | 688 | #461 |
| 2021 | 779 | #407 |
| 2020 | 788 | #395 |
| 2019 | 918 | #343 |
| 2018 | 902 | #353 |
| 2017 | 968 | #335 |
| 2016 | 954 | #352 |
| 2015 | 734 | #430 |
| 2014 | 699 | #457 |
| 2013 | 653 | #470 |
| 2012 | 622 | #495 |
| 2011 | 585 | #502 |
| 2010 | 632 | #477 |
| 2009 | 587 | #516 |
| 2008 | 575 | #535 |
| 2007 | 604 | #520 |
| 2006 | 608 | #501 |
| 2005 | 584 | #510 |
| 2004 | 615 | #479 |
| 2003 | 583 | #494 |
| 2002 | 590 | #476 |
| 2001 | 580 | #480 |
| 2000 | 607 | #457 |
| 1999 | 596 | #448 |
| 1998 | 583 | #442 |
| 1997 | 580 | #438 |
| 1996 | 587 | #434 |
| 1995 | 593 | #434 |
| 1994 | 589 | #428 |
| 1993 | 632 | #399 |
| 1992 | 616 | #409 |
| 1991 | 710 | #362 |
| 1990 | 697 | #375 |
| 1989 | 802 | #316 |
| 1988 | 837 | #295 |
| 1987 | 862 | #286 |
| 1986 | 1,036 | #249 |
| 1985 | 1,123 | #230 |
| 1984 | 1,155 | #224 |
| 1983 | 1,191 | #211 |
| 1982 | 1,335 | #203 |
| 1981 | 1,622 | #170 |
| 1980 | 1,717 | #165 |
| 1979 | 1,821 | #154 |
| 1978 | 1,946 | #139 |
| 1977 | 2,100 | #136 |
| 1976 | 2,076 | #132 |
| 1975 | 2,306 | #123 |
| 1974 | 2,757 | #109 |
| 1973 | 1,697 | #162 |
| 1972 | 1,817 | #160 |
| 1971 | 1,826 | #169 |
| 1970 | 1,773 | #184 |
| 1969 | 1,691 | #187 |
| 1968 | 1,904 | #170 |
| 1967 | 1,885 | #169 |
| 1966 | 2,090 | #165 |
| 1965 | 1,975 | #177 |
| 1964 | 2,219 | #175 |
| 1963 | 2,181 | #178 |
| 1962 | 2,426 | #169 |
| 1961 | 2,609 | #158 |
| 1960 | 2,776 | #152 |
| 1959 | 2,880 | #146 |
| 1958 | 2,764 | #147 |
| 1957 | 2,929 | #143 |
| 1956 | 2,819 | #140 |
| 1955 | 2,389 | #152 |
| 1954 | 2,367 | #151 |
| 1953 | 2,307 | #151 |
| 1952 | 2,276 | #149 |
| 1951 | 2,012 | #155 |
| 1950 | 1,775 | #159 |
| 1949 | 1,642 | #171 |
| 1948 | 1,627 | #171 |
| 1947 | 1,815 | #166 |
| 1946 | 1,573 | #170 |
| 1945 | 1,389 | #168 |
| 1944 | 1,456 | #163 |
| 1943 | 1,610 | #157 |
| 1942 | 1,592 | #154 |
| 1941 | 1,550 | #150 |
| 1940 | 1,310 | #160 |
| 1939 | 1,259 | #166 |
| 1938 | 1,372 | #159 |
| 1937 | 1,236 | #162 |
| 1936 | 1,483 | #144 |
| 1935 | 1,349 | #148 |
| 1934 | 1,342 | #152 |
| 1933 | 1,291 | #147 |
| 1932 | 1,361 | #147 |
| 1931 | 1,224 | #152 |
| 1930 | 1,268 | #163 |
| 1929 | 1,138 | #177 |
| 1928 | 1,091 | #188 |
| 1927 | 1,127 | #183 |
| 1926 | 892 | #210 |
| 1925 | 772 | #236 |
| 1924 | 578 | #273 |
| 1923 | 540 | #277 |
| 1922 | 447 | #309 |
| 1921 | 392 | #332 |
| 1920 | 376 | #336 |
| 1919 | 322 | #358 |
| 1918 | 303 | #377 |
| 1917 | 256 | #393 |
| 1916 | 214 | #429 |
| 1915 | 190 | #445 |
| 1914 | 158 | #428 |
| 1913 | 120 | #453 |
| 1912 | 68 | #591 |
| 1911 | 63 | #522 |
| 1910 | 48 | #604 |
| 1909 | 54 | #509 |
| 1908 | 38 | #617 |
| 1907 | 38 | #601 |
| 1906 | 40 | #555 |
| 1905 | 38 | #564 |
| 1904 | 36 | #559 |
| 1903 | 30 | #596 |
| 1902 | 38 | #518 |
| 1901 | 25 | #630 |
| 1900 | 27 | #688 |
| 1899 | 23 | #644 |
| 1898 | 20 | #750 |
| 1897 | 30 | #537 |
| 1896 | 18 | #754 |
| 1895 | 24 | #622 |
| 1894 | 21 | #643 |
| 1893 | 10 | #955 |
| 1892 | 16 | #726 |
| 1891 | 14 | #727 |
| 1890 | 10 | #872 |
| 1889 | 20 | #567 |
| 1888 | 10 | #837 |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
| 1885 | 9 | #745 |
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