Journee
Journee was the 258th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,198 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 195th; the most babies were born in 2021 (1,520). Over the last ten years it has moved up 119 places. More babies were named Journee in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning journey (word name) · English, French
Say it JER-nee /ˈdʒɜrni/
- Rank in 2025
- #258 girls, down 54 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 1,198girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20211,520 babies
- Total since 1880
- 18,334babies recorded
What does the name Journee mean?
Journee is a French-looking spelling of the English word journey, used as an American girl's name; Wiktionary calls it a rare French-style variant of Journey, a name it dates to the end of the 20th century. The word journey came into English from French journée, 'a day's work or travel', from jour, 'day'. As a name it suggests travel and life's path rather than a personal-name history.
journée (French, “day; a day's travel”)jour (French, “day”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Journey, Journi.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Journee', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wiktionary, entry 'Journey', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Journey', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Journee popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 182 since 2005, 9 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #258 | 1,198 |
| 2020 | #204 | 1,434 |
| 2010 | #939 | 275 |
| 2000 | #3,237 | 42 |
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How popular is Journee, counting every spelling?
Journee is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #135 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #258 for Journee on its own. Together these spellings went to 2,431 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Journee | 1,198 | #258 | 7,102 |
| Journey | 757 | #411 | 4,854 |
| Journi | 345 | #786 | 2,343 |
| Journie | 131 | #1,600 | 804 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Journee?
1,198 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Journee (0.33 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Journee 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 7 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Journee.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Journee?
About 18,000 people born in the US named Journee are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 10. That makes Journee a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Journee by state
How common Journee was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (5.9×), Louisiana (3.7×), Delaware (3.5×), South Carolina (3.2×), Alabama (3.1×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Oregon, New Mexico, Minnesota.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Journee: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Journee, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Journee · Sibling names for Journee
Questions about the name Journee
What does Journee mean?
Journee means “journey (word name)” (English, French origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Journee?
Journee was the 258th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,198 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 195th; the most babies were born in 2021 (1,520). Over the last ten years it has moved up 119 places. More babies were named Journee in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Journee a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Journee in the US.
Where is Journee most popular?
In 2021–2025, Journee was most common in Mississippi (5.15 per 1,000 girls), followed by Louisiana and Delaware.