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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Joie

Joie was the 2792nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 61 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1668th; the most babies were born in 2019 (85). Over the last ten years it has moved up 402 places. More babies were named Joie in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,792 girls, down 32 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
61girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
201985 babies
Total since 1880
3,210babies recorded

Joie popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 242 since 1928.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#2,79261
2020#2,76060
2010#3,17752
2000#2,61257
1990#4,43222
1980#2,76833
1970#2,37132
1960#5,3947
1950#4,1248
1940#3,0849
1930#3,1929
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Joie, counting every spelling?

Joie has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Joie?

61 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Joie (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Joie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 138 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Joie.

Chance of another Joie in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inMinnesotaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Joie?

About 2,700 people born in the US named Joie are alive today, with a median age of 24; half are between 12 and 46. That makes Joie mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Joie by state

How common Joie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Florida (1.5×). In 44 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMN0.06Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNY0.04Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesPA0.05New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCA0.05Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesTX0.05Florida: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesFL0.06
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Joie, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Joie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Joie, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Joie

How popular is the name Joie?

Joie was the 2792nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 61 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1668th; the most babies were born in 2019 (85). Over the last ten years it has moved up 402 places. More babies were named Joie in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Joie a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Joie in the US.

Where is Joie most popular?

In 2021–2025, Joie was most common in Florida (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Minnesota and California.