Joyous
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 140since 1978
Joyous over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Joyous has never cracked the top 8,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
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| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
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| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
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| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
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| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
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| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
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| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
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| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
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First appearance
1978
The first year at least five girls were named Joyous! It came in at #9,750, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1978–1985, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Joyous is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Joyous in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 1987 at #8,778 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 234,409
- Highest: 1 in 234,409 girls born in 2021 were named Joyous (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #8,778 in 1987, was only 1 in 248,376 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 28.6% of all girls named Joyous (40) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #9,750 (1978) | #9,750 |
| 1980s | 19 | #8,778 (1987) | #9,723 |
| 1990s | 17 | #11,385 (1999) | #12,689 |
| 2000s | 36 | #12,056 (2001) | #14,303 |
| 2010s | 40 | #12,448 (2019) | #13,347 |
| 2020s | 23 | #12,206 (2021) | #14,065 |
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.
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