Joy
Girl nameJoy has been given to 143,324 babies in the U.S. since 1883. It peaked in 1957 and currently ranks #419 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin /d͡ʒɔɪ/
From the noun joy, first used by Puritans in the 17th century.
Origin: English
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
143,324
Peak year
1957 (2,945 babies)
Rank in 2025
#419 for girls
First recorded
1883
10-year trend
▲ +4%
Gender split
98% girls / 2% boys
Famous people named Joy
Fran Drescher
American actress
Marilyn Waring
New Zealand politician and academic
Joy Adamson
Austrian-British naturalist, painter, writer, collector and illustrator (1910–1980)
Ayọ
German singer
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Joy.
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