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

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Peak · girls
1932 · 77 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,473
since 1907

Joye over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Joye has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #768, 1932girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#13,2086—
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2021#11,1468—
2020#12,1427—
2019#15,5395—
2018#15,6825—
2017#10,6899—
2016#12,8767—
2015#14,4826—
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2011#13,3477—
2010#16,9925—
2009#17,2945—
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2005#11,8348—
2004#16,0995—
2003#10,4259—
2002#11,1088—
2001#11,0208—
2000#7,58013—
1999#10,3458—
1998#11,1387—
1997#9,8028—
1996#8,13210—
1995#10,5147—
1994#7,09712—
1993#6,26414—
1992#8,06510—
1991#8,5889—
1990#7,30311—
1989#6,95511—
1988#7,11110—
1987#7,3539—
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1985#5,67812—
1984#5,89911—
1983#4,47616—
1982#3,41824—
1981#3,85920—
1980#3,31825—
1979#2,72432—
1978#3,28323—
1977#3,36622—
1976#2,54631—
1975#2,19638—
1974#2,21336—
1973#1,97941—
1972#2,39830—
1971#2,42731—
1970#2,39531—
1969#2,13435—
1968#1,94038—
1967#2,07932—
1966#1,95235—
1965#1,80140—
1964#1,63549—
1963#1,83940—
1962#1,67246—
1961#1,49956—
1960#1,38563—
1959#1,32665—
1958#1,44854—
1957#1,26269—
1956#1,24969—
1955#1,22967—
1954#1,22965—
1953#1,35851—
1952#1,28555—
1951#1,30351—
1950#1,33347—
1949#1,43741—
1948#1,08567—
1947#1,20456—
1946#1,00670—
1945#98461—
1944#1,04656—
1943#1,04858—
1942#1,05555—
1941#88768—
1940#98952—
1939#90360—
1938#93158—
1937#92955—
1936#85363—
1935#85565—
1934#97350—
1933#82066—
1932#76877—
1931#84466—
1930#86768—
1929#1,01551—
1928#88868—
1927#96362—
1926#1,09647—
1925#1,21041—
1924#1,18844#3,2608
1923#1,38833—
1922#1,78523—
1921#1,47631—
1920#1,70824—
1919#1,60425—
1918#1,64524—
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1914#3,1886—
1913#2,5407—
1912#2,1448—
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First appearance
1907

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 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #389 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,225 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedHITexas: #663 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,354 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Joye, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#389 · 1 in 3,225
  2. Texas#663 · 1 in 6,354

Best ever in a state: #170 in Utah, 1928.

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Oklahoma#38971 in 3,225
Texas#66391 in 6,354
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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 Joye
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1907
  • Peaked 1932 at #768 (77 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 34 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1930–1941
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,859
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 18.1% of all girls named Joye (628) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s16#1,206 (1907)#1,707
1910s124#1,604 (1919)#2,165
1920s424#888 (1928)#1,272
1930s628#768 (1932)#874
1940s584#887 (1941)#1,074
1950s593#1,229 (1955)#1,302
1960s434#1,385 (1960)#1,794
1970s315#1,979 (1973)#2,553
1980s138#3,318 (1980)#5,341
1990s96#6,264 (1993)#8,725
2000s56#7,580 (2000)#12,194
2010s44#10,689 (2017)#14,230
2020s21#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 1934

girls
#973
50 births · 1 in 20,885 girls

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #973Joye50
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 20,885 of them was named Joye, which outranked 80.4% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joye
  1. #966Natalia51
  2. #966Palma51
  3. #966Penny51
  4. #973Joye50
  5. #973Adelina50
  6. #973Alison50
  7. #973Belle50
  8. #981Antonette49
  9. #981Ceola49
  10. #981Christeen49

Tied with 7 names at #973; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Luann#1,442 → #871
  2. ↑ 469Alison#1,442 → #973
  3. ↑ 439Golda#1,364 → #925
  4. ↑ 350Ronald#1,244 → #894
  5. ↑ 346Gale#1,102 → #756
Fallers
  1. ↓ 685Nira#463 → #1,148
  2. ↓ 342Vina#782 → #1,124
  3. ↓ 316Zita#947 → #1,263
  4. ↓ 299Myrtie#834 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 278Theola#985 → #1,263

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1934 →