Feminine dossier · first seen 1885

Joy

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Joy
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

2,929

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1885Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

76%

2024

702

All-time

139,933

Joy has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 2,929 girls were named Joy.

In 2024, only 702 girls were given the name.

Down 76% from its peak.

All told, about 139,933 Americans have been named Joy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1885.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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