Description of the name "Joy"

Joy is most popular name in Hawaii of US for all generations. And most popular Girl name of Generation X (Gen X) in South. The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Boy name is stalled, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is stalled.The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Girl name is stalled, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is stalled.The popularity of this name is recently(3-years to 2022) stalled for female in West, and stalled for female in West

 
 
 

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Visualized Trend by Regions for 'Joy'
Visualized Trend by States for 'Joy'

 
 
 

The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Joy"

Years where ranks are the same does not imply that the number of births are the same. Data are missing for 4 years where the name Howard is not in the top 1000 most popular names. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.  
 
 

The rankings of the name "Joy" by years

 
 
 

Name Rankings by Generations

In the G.I. Generation(1901~1927), the popularity of name "Joy" is 308th out of 1436 names.
In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Joy" is 157th out of 1316 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Joy" is 153rd out of 1355 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Joy" is 156th out of 1451 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Joy" is 295th out of 1494 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Joy" is 479th out of 1518 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Joy" is 388th out of 1241 names.

 
 

Name Rankings by Generations and regions

In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of South, the popularity of name "Joy" is 201st out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964) of West, the popularity of name "Joy" is 178th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Joy" is 181st out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Joy" is 195th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of South, the popularity of name "Joy" is 188th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of West, the popularity of name "Joy" is 209th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of South, the popularity of name "Joy" is 332nd out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of West, the popularity of name "Joy" is 275th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of West, the popularity of name "Joy" is 417th out of 1241 names of Girl.
 
 

Popularities by states

In here, popularity refers to the value obtained by dividing the number of births with that name in a particular state by the total number of births in that state. Therefore, it represents an absolute value of popularity unaffected by population.