Rejoice
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ri-JOYS
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Rejoice is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “rejoice, be glad”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Rejoice mean?
English: English word name
“rejoice, be glad”
A Christian word name used especially in Nigerian and Zimbabwean families, echoing 'Rejoice in the Lord always' (Philippians 4:4).
Is Rejoice a girl's or a boy's name?
Rejoice is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rejoice in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Rejoice, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Rejoice in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Rejoice in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Rejoice, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Rejoice in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rejoice in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
Names like Rejoice
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Rejoice: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rejoice, updated 20 October 2026.