The name Joy is of English origin, and means joy.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Joy has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Joy
Use of the Name Joy for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
125,540
76,392
20,754
5,858
2,932
1,171
598
The table below indicates the number of times the name Joy has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Joy first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1883, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Joy
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1883
972
5
1884
1885
774
9
1886
1887
989
7
1888
867
10
1889
584
20
1890
904
10
1891
738
14
1892
747
16
1893
993
10
1894
652
21
1895
632
24
1896
775
18
1897
545
30
1898
763
20
1899
652
23
1900
696
27
877
10
1901
639
25
1902
522
38
827
9
1903
601
30
820
9
1904
567
36
785
10
1905
567
38
1906
558
40
1907
607
38
1908
606
39
1909
511
54
1910
611
47
1911
523
63
1912
591
68
1913
454
120
1914
438
155
1915
445
190
1916
430
214
1917
394
256
1918
378
303
1919
358
321
872
58
1920
337
377
999
48
1921
333
392
1922
309
448
841
66
1923
278
539
1924
273
578
1925
236
771
845
62
1926
210
893
985
49
1927
183
1,127
859
62
1928
188
1,090
1929
177
1,133
1930
163
1,264
932
52
1931
152
1,222
906
51
1932
147
1,363
1933
147
1,292
1934
152
1,340
1935
148
1,347
978
43
1936
144
1,484
912
46
1937
162
1,233
948
44
1938
158
1,374
1939
166
1,260
1940
160
1,307
1941
150
1,550
1942
154
1,598
1943
157
1,607
1944
163
1,457
1945
168
1,390
1946
170
1,572
1947
166
1,813
1948
171
1,626
1949
171
1,641
1950
159
1,776
1951
155
2,008
1952
149
2,276
1953
153
2,300
1954
151
2,366
1955
152
2,388
1956
140
2,822
1957
143
2,926
1958
147
2,760
1959
146
2,877
1960
151
2,782
1961
158
2,605
1962
168
2,425
1963
178
2,182
1964
175
2,218
1965
177
1,975
1966
165
2,090
1967
169
1,881
1968
170
1,901
1969
188
1,691
1970
184
1,776
1971
170
1,821
1972
160
1,817
1973
162
1,701
1974
109
2,753
1975
123
2,309
1976
133
2,072
1977
136
2,100
1978
139
1,947
1979
155
1,819
1980
165
1,717
1981
170
1,619
1982
203
1,334
1983
212
1,189
1984
224
1,154
1985
230
1,120
1986
249
1,037
1987
286
857
1988
294
836
1989
317
801
1990
375
697
1991
362
708
1992
414
610
1993
400
628
1994
426
589
1995
435
591
1996
438
581
1997
439
579
1998
442
583
1999
450
592
2000
459
602
2001
484
575
2002
478
584
2003
495
573
2004
483
598
Totals:
125,540
624
During the last 125 years, parents have used Joy as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Joy appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 119 times during the last 125 years.