Joye
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 1924 at #3,260
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1932 · 77 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,473since 1907
Joye over time
Rank among girls' names. Joye has never cracked the top 700 here.
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 | #13,208 | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,196 | 38 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,213 | 36 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,979 | 41 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,427 | 31 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,395 | 31 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,134 | 35 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,940 | 38 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,952 | 35 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,801 | 40 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,635 | 49 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 40 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,672 | 46 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,499 | 56 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,385 | 63 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,326 | 65 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,448 | 54 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,262 | 69 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,249 | 69 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,229 | 67 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,229 | 65 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,358 | 51 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,285 | 55 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,303 | 51 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,333 | 47 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,437 | 41 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,085 | 67 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,204 | 56 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,006 | 70 | — | |
| 1945 | #984 | 61 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,046 | 56 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,048 | 58 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,055 | 55 | — | |
| 1941 | #887 | 68 | — | |
| 1940 | #989 | 52 | — | |
| 1939 | #903 | 60 | — | |
| 1938 | #931 | 58 | — | |
| 1937 | #929 | 55 | — | |
| 1936 | #853 | 63 | — | |
| 1935 | #855 | 65 | — | |
| 1934 | #973 | 50 | — | |
| 1933 | #820 | 66 | — | |
| 1932 | #768 | 77 | — | |
| 1931 | #844 | 66 | — | |
| 1930 | #867 | 68 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,015 | 51 | — | |
| 1928 | #888 | 68 | — | |
| 1927 | #963 | 62 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,096 | 47 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,210 | 41 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,188 | 44 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #1,388 | 33 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,785 | 23 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,708 | 24 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,604 | 25 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,923 | 18 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Joye! It came in at #1,206, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1910, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Joye is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#170 · 1 in 761
- Oklahoma#349 · 1 in 2,622
- Texas#546 · 1 in 4,634
- California#557 · 1 in 6,125
Best ever in a state: #170 in Utah, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #170 | 6 | 1 in 761 |
| Oklahoma | #349 | 9 | 1 in 2,622 |
| Texas | #546 | 13 | 1 in 4,634 |
| California | #557 | 6 | 1 in 6,125 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Joye
- 1,066 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #13,208)
- 1,274 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #13,208)
- Biggest jump: 148 spots in 1930 (#1,015 → #867)
- Biggest drop: 168 spots in 1942 (#887 → #1,055)
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1932 at #768 (77 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 34 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1930–1941
- Highest: 1 in 13,859 girls born in 1932 were named Joye (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.1% of all girls named Joye (628) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 16 | #1,206 (1907) | #1,707 |
| 1910s | 124 | #1,604 (1919) | #2,165 |
| 1920s | 424 | #888 (1928) | #1,272 |
| 1930s | 628 | #768 (1932) | #874 |
| 1940s | 584 | #887 (1941) | #1,074 |
| 1950s | 593 | #1,229 (1955) | #1,302 |
| 1960s | 434 | #1,385 (1960) | #1,794 |
| 1970s | 315 | #1,979 (1973) | #2,553 |
| 1980s | 138 | #3,318 (1980) | #5,341 |
| 1990s | 96 | #6,264 (1993) | #8,725 |
| 2000s | 56 | #7,580 (2000) | #12,194 |
| 2010s | 44 | #10,689 (2017) | #14,230 |
| 2020s | 21 | #11,146 (2021) | #12,165 |
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.
Joye in 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 16,961 of them was named Joye, which outranked 83.7% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).