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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Journei

Journei was the 1447th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 149 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1219th with 194 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 409 places. More babies were named Journei in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#1,447 girls, down 82 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
149girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2021194 babies
Total since 1880
2,301babies recorded

Journei popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#1,447149
2020#1,365160
2010#3,14053
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How popular is Journei, counting every spelling?

Journei has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,339 for girls in 2025, against #1,447 on the official list.

How many kids will share the name Journei?

149 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Journei (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Journei 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 56 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Journei.

Chance of another Journei in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inLouisianaunder 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 Journei?

About 2,300 people born in the US named Journei are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Journei a young name: most people with it are children.

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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.

Journei by state

How common Journei was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (10.1×), Louisiana (6.4×), Alabama (5.5×), Georgia (3.1×), South Carolina (3.0×). In 33 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: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesIL0.15Michigan: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesMI0.13New York: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNY0.06Massachusetts: 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: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesOH0.11Pennsylvania: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesPA0.06New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMO0.09Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesVA0.12Maryland: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMD0.05Delaware: 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: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesTN0.29North Carolina: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesNC0.21South Carolina: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesSC0.31District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.66 per 1,000 babiesLA0.66Mississippi: 1.0 per 1,000 babiesMS1.0Alabama: 0.57 per 1,000 babiesAL0.57Georgia: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesGA0.32Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesTX0.08Florida: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesFL0.17
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Journei, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Journei

How popular is the name Journei?

Journei was the 1447th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 149 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1219th with 194 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 409 places. More babies were named Journei in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Journei a boy or girl name?

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

Where is Journei most popular?

In 2021–2025, Journei was most common in Mississippi (1.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Louisiana and Alabama.