Joy Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Joy: every year it appeared on the national list since 1885, with 140,694 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

140,694

Peak year

1957 #143

Years on the list

141

10-year trend

-20.4%

In the 1950s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1885–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	585	#502
2012	622	#495
2013	653	#470
2014	699	#457
2015	734	#430
2016	954	#352
2017	968	#336
2018	902	#353
2019	918	#344
2020	788	#396
2021	779	#407
2022	688	#462
2023	683	#451
2024	707	#440
2025	747	#419

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1957

209

194

188

173

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152

Names from the same era

Karen · 1957 Cynthia · 1957 Brenda · 1957 Ann · 1957 Diana · 1957 Wanda · 1957 Leslie · 1957 Cindy · 1957 Anita · 1957 Maureen · 1957

Names similar to Joy

Joye Girls Joya Girls Joyl Girls Joye Boys Joyce Girls Joyce Boys Joyel Girls Joyia Girls Joyah Girls Joyal Girls Joyse Girls Jo Girls

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