Journey
#411 for girls in 2025, 757 births · #1,942 for boys in 2025, 79 births
Given to girls 91.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2018 · 1,397 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 20,882since 1981
Journey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #411 | 757 | #1,942 | 79 |
| 2024 | #320 | 961 | #1,833 | 88 |
| 2023 | #331 | 933 | #1,662 | 103 |
| 2022 | #312 | 1,025 | #1,678 | 102 |
| 2021 | #264 | 1,178 | #1,454 | 124 |
| 2020 | #292 | 1,095 | #1,390 | 125 |
| 2019 | #245 | 1,298 | #1,407 | 125 |
| 2018 | #226 | 1,397 | #1,565 | 107 |
| 2017 | #276 | 1,167 | #1,488 | 113 |
| 2016 | #262 | 1,219 | #1,599 | 102 |
| 2015 | #274 | 1,157 | #2,068 | 68 |
| 2014 | #288 | 1,126 | #1,907 | 76 |
| 2013 | #335 | 960 | #2,044 | 66 |
| 2012 | #327 | 958 | #1,787 | 83 |
| 2011 | #369 | 867 | #2,173 | 60 |
| 2010 | #419 | 754 | #1,940 | 72 |
| 2009 | #498 | 613 | #2,663 | 46 |
| 2008 | #589 | 527 | #2,140 | 63 |
| 2007 | #690 | 422 | #2,765 | 43 |
| 2006 | #821 | 331 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | #772 | 343 | #2,752 | 39 |
| 2004 | #930 | 259 | #3,285 | 29 |
| 2003 | #898 | 265 | #2,993 | 32 |
| 2002 | #936 | 239 | #3,188 | 28 |
| 2001 | #940 | 235 | #2,681 | 35 |
| 2000 | #1,188 | 168 | #3,150 | 27 |
| 1999 | #953 | 217 | #2,665 | 32 |
| 1998 | #1,557 | 106 | #3,296 | 23 |
| 1997 | #2,283 | 59 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #2,177 | 62 | #2,483 | 31 |
| 1995 | #2,788 | 43 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | — | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | — | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #5,484 | 6 |
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| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Journey! It came in at #8,128, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1983, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Journey is popular in 2011
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#62 · 1 in 240
- Alaska#182 · 1 in 505
- Alabama#182 · 1 in 747
- Missouri#186 · 1 in 820
- Indiana#193 · 1 in 843
Best ever in a state: #60 in District of Columbia, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #62 | 14 | 1 in 240 |
| Alabama | #182 | 25 | 1 in 747 |
| Alaska | #182 | 5 | 1 in 505 |
| Missouri | #186 | 33 | 1 in 820 |
| Indiana | #193 | 36 | 1 in 843 |
| Mississippi | #218 | 13 | 1 in 856 |
| Oklahoma | #221 | 18 | 1 in 909 |
| Georgia | #223 | 47 | 1 in 1,015 |
| Nebraska | #223 | 10 | 1 in 778 |
| Ohio | #225 | 49 | 1 in 1,053 |
| Kentucky | #227 | 20 | 1 in 919 |
| Virginia | #243 | 32 | 1 in 1,127 |
| Tennessee | #251 | 27 | 1 in 1,097 |
| South Carolina | #268 | 16 | 1 in 1,092 |
| Arkansas | #269 | 11 | 1 in 1,047 |
| Iowa | #273 | 12 | 1 in 1,037 |
| Wisconsin | #275 | 20 | 1 in 1,172 |
| Nevada | #301 | 9 | 1 in 1,167 |
| Florida | #316 | 49 | 1 in 1,623 |
| North Carolina | #316 | 31 | 1 in 1,424 |
| Louisiana | #318 | 15 | 1 in 1,302 |
| Maryland | #330 | 16 | 1 in 1,499 |
| Utah | #337 | 13 | 1 in 1,381 |
| Texas | #352 | 91 | 1 in 1,713 |
| Pennsylvania | #365 | 30 | 1 in 1,760 |
| Kansas | #399 | 8 | 1 in 1,586 |
| Illinois | #420 | 30 | 1 in 1,982 |
| Michigan | #440 | 19 | 1 in 2,180 |
| Minnesota | #501 | 10 | 1 in 2,391 |
| Arizona | #516 | 13 | 1 in 2,347 |
| New Jersey | #539 | 14 | 1 in 2,640 |
| Oregon | #565 | 6 | 1 in 2,473 |
| Washington | #622 | 10 | 1 in 3,021 |
| Colorado | #671 | 7 | 1 in 3,199 |
| California | #675 | 54 | 1 in 3,845 |
| New York | #772 | 22 | 1 in 4,217 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Journey
- 91 spots since 2024 (#320 → #411)
- 119 spots since 2020 (#292 → #411)
- 137 spots since 2015 (#274 → #411)
- Biggest jump: 604 spots in 1999 (#1,557 → #953)
- Biggest drop: 235 spots in 2000 (#953 → #1,188)
- Debuted 1981
- Peaked 2018 at #226 (1,397 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 2001–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,218 girls born in 2018 were named Journey (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,123 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 52.2% of all girls named Journey (10,903) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1985, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 62 | #5,757 (1986) | #7,680 |
| 1990s | 566 | #953 (1999) | #4,121 |
| 2000s | 3,402 | #498 (2009) | #826 |
| 2010s | 10,903 | #226 (2018) | #302 |
| 2020s | 5,949 | #264 (2021) | #322 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Journey in 2011
Top girls' names in 2011
Top boys' names in 2011
More about 2011
girls
1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 2,029 of them was named Journey, which outranked 98.1% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 31,654 of them was named Journey, which outranked 84.9% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,145Treshawn61
- #2,145Vedant61
- #2,145West61
- #2,173Journey60
- #2,173Aleksandr60
- #2,173Alekzander60
- #2,173Anirudh60
- #2,203Amaree59
- #2,203Ashtin59
- #2,203Atharv59
Tied with 29 names at #2,173; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.