JOY is ranked as the 361st most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 182,895.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 57.36 people named JOY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 89% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named JOY is 110,075.
The SSA data also shows that JOY is used as a girl's name 98% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
JOY is
77.9% White,
4.0% Hispanic origin,
13.0% Black,
3.0% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name JOY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name JOY is included in the following name categories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Feminine given name
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name JOY
The state with the most people named
JOY is
California where
19,501 people have this name.
Hawaii is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named JOY, as
104.76 in every 100,000
Hawaiians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Hawaii is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
New Hampshire
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name JOY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
6,473
50.25
99.3%
Indiana
3,709
56.22
98.9%
Iowa
1,742
56.08
98.6%
Kansas
2,039
70.23
98.1%
Michigan
5,059
51.05
99.5%
Minnesota
3,391
62.14
99.1%
Missouri
1,821
60.84
98.3%
Nebraska
1,189
63.2
97.2%
North Dakota
378
51.11
92.9%
Ohio
6,546
56.46
99.2%
South Dakota
531
62.19
94.2%
Wisconsin
3,149
54.69
99.0%
West States
State stats for the first name JOY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
510
69.18
94.1%
Arizona
4,036
59.95
98.8%
California
19,501
50.26
99.7%
Colorado
3,140
58.63
98.8%
Hawaii
1,487
104.76
99.0%
Idaho
1,210
74.04
97.5%
Montana
596
58.24
95.2%
Nevada
1,522
53.62
98.0%
New Mexico
1,074
51.48
96.7%
Oregon
2,462
62.02
98.5%
Utah
1,938
65.85
98.1%
Washington
4,569
64.7
99.4%
Wyoming
438
75.03
94.4%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name JOY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have JOY as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named JOY.
The most popular full name is JOY Smith.
0.95% of all the people named JOY
have this family name.
There are 17266 last
names associated with this first name.