Journey
Journey was the 411th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 757 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 226th with 1,397 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 137 places. More babies were named Journey in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Journee) journey (word name) · English, French
- Rank in 2025
- #411 girls, down 119 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 757girls
- Girls and boys
- 91% girls, 9% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20181,397 babies
- Total since 1880
- 22,893babies recorded
What does the name Journey mean?
Journey is a spelling of Journee, pronounced the same way, so it shares Journee's meaning and origin.
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
Journey popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #411 | #1,951 | 757 | 79 |
| 2020 | #292 | #1,392 | 1,095 | 125 |
| 2010 | #419 | #1,947 | 754 | 72 |
| 2000 | #1,192 | #3,182 | 168 | 27 |
| 1990 | #9,648 | #7,609 | 8 | 6 |
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How popular is Journey, counting every spelling?
Journey is a spelling of Journee, a name family that ranked #135 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #411 for Journey 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 Journey?
757 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Journey (0.21 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Journey 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 11 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Journey.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Journey?
About 20,700 people born in the US named Journey are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 6 and 15. That makes Journey 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.
Journey by state
How common Journey was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in West Virginia (3.1×), Georgia (2.3×), Oklahoma (2.2×), Alabama (2.0×), Nevada (2.0×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Massachusetts, California, Idaho.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Journey: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Journey, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Journey
What does Journey mean?
Journey is a spelling of Journee, which means “journey (word name)” (English, French origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Journey?
Journey was the 411th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 757 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 226th with 1,397 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 137 places. More babies were named Journey in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Journey a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 91% girls, 9% boys given the name Journey in the US.
Where is Journey most popular?
In 2021–2025, Journey was most common in West Virginia (1.87 per 1,000 girls), followed by Delaware and Hawaii.