Joi
#3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births
- Peak · girls
- 1981 · 164 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,095since 1942
Joi over time
Rank among girls' names. Joi has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,249 | 48 |
| 2024 | #2,559 | 69 |
| 2023 | #2,442 | 73 |
| 2022 | #2,661 | 65 |
| 2021 | #2,608 | 66 |
| 2020 | #2,341 | 75 |
| 2019 | #2,285 | 79 |
| 2018 | #2,254 | 81 |
| 2017 | #2,401 | 75 |
| 2016 | #2,517 | 71 |
| 2015 | #2,169 | 87 |
| 2014 | #2,114 | 91 |
| 2013 | #2,236 | 83 |
| 2012 | #2,315 | 81 |
| 2011 | #2,589 | 69 |
| 2010 | #2,841 | 61 |
| 2009 | #2,204 | 89 |
| 2008 | #2,106 | 96 |
| 2007 | #2,198 | 90 |
| 2006 | #2,267 | 84 |
| 2005 | #1,969 | 97 |
| 2004 | #1,855 | 102 |
| 2003 | #1,802 | 104 |
| 2002 | #1,594 | 116 |
| 2001 | #1,560 | 119 |
| 2000 | #1,791 | 97 |
| 1999 | #1,828 | 87 |
| 1998 | #1,567 | 105 |
| 1997 | #1,525 | 106 |
| 1996 | #1,898 | 76 |
| 1995 | #1,370 | 120 |
| 1994 | #1,465 | 108 |
| 1993 | #1,776 | 82 |
| 1992 | #1,782 | 81 |
| 1991 | #1,779 | 80 |
| 1990 | #1,796 | 80 |
| 1989 | #1,667 | 82 |
| 1988 | #1,427 | 97 |
| 1987 | #1,336 | 102 |
| 1986 | #1,494 | 83 |
| 1985 | #1,323 | 100 |
| 1984 | #1,190 | 110 |
| 1983 | #1,247 | 101 |
| 1982 | #1,045 | 138 |
| 1981 | #912 | 164 |
| 1980 | #1,043 | 137 |
| 1979 | #1,125 | 119 |
| 1978 | #1,078 | 122 |
| 1977 | #1,067 | 122 |
| 1976 | #1,446 | 72 |
| 1975 | #1,332 | 81 |
| 1974 | #1,209 | 91 |
| 1973 | #1,418 | 69 |
| 1972 | #1,627 | 55 |
| 1971 | #1,546 | 63 |
| 1970 | #1,526 | 64 |
| 1969 | #1,270 | 78 |
| 1968 | #1,347 | 68 |
| 1967 | #1,299 | 70 |
| 1966 | #1,153 | 85 |
| 1965 | #1,407 | 61 |
| 1964 | #1,610 | 50 |
| 1963 | #1,580 | 51 |
| 1962 | #1,672 | 46 |
| 1961 | #1,260 | 77 |
| 1960 | #1,138 | 91 |
| 1959 | #1,160 | 84 |
| 1958 | #1,203 | 78 |
| 1957 | #1,301 | 66 |
| 1956 | #1,598 | 44 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
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| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
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| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
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| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Joi! It came in at #3,738, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1943–1947, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Joi is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#351 · 1 in 2,485
- Georgia#639 · 1 in 5,041
- Missouri#647 · 1 in 6,683
- Illinois#656 · 1 in 5,521
- Michigan#660 · 1 in 6,697
Best ever in a state: #188 in District of Columbia, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #351 | 12 | 1 in 2,485 |
| Georgia | #639 | 7 | 1 in 5,041 |
| Missouri | #647 | 5 | 1 in 6,683 |
| Illinois | #656 | 14 | 1 in 5,521 |
| Michigan | #660 | 9 | 1 in 6,697 |
| North Carolina | #697 | 5 | 1 in 6,651 |
| New Jersey | #719 | 6 | 1 in 6,200 |
| Pennsylvania | #805 | 7 | 1 in 9,851 |
| Florida | #941 | 6 | 1 in 8,602 |
| Ohio | #1,061 | 5 | 1 in 14,662 |
| California | #1,092 | 16 | 1 in 10,857 |
| Texas | #1,397 | 7 | 1 in 17,126 |
| New York | #1,618 | 5 | 1 in 19,972 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Joi
- 690 spots since 2024 (#2,559 → #3,249)
- 908 spots since 2020 (#2,341 → #3,249)
- 1,080 spots since 2015 (#2,169 → #3,249)
- Biggest jump: 131 spots in 1981 (#1,043 → #912)
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1982 (#912 → #1,045)
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1981 at #912 (164 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1981
- Highest: 1 in 10,171 girls born in 1981 were named Joi (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 33,485 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.3% of all girls named Joi (1,114) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 29 | #3,738 (1942) | #4,462 |
| 1950s | 324 | #1,160 (1959) | #2,831 |
| 1960s | 677 | #1,138 (1960) | #1,374 |
| 1970s | 858 | #1,067 (1977) | #1,337 |
| 1980s | 1,114 | #912 (1981) | #1,268 |
| 1990s | 925 | #1,370 (1995) | #1,679 |
| 2000s | 994 | #1,560 (2001) | #1,935 |
| 2010s | 778 | #2,114 (2014) | #2,372 |
| 2020s | 396 | #2,341 (2020) | #2,643 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Joi in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 12,119 of them was named Joi, which outranked 91.4% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,034Melonie138
- #1,034Nellie138
- #1,034Reina138
- #1,043Joi137
- #1,043Danna137
- #1,043Shaneka137
- #1,043Takisha137
- #1,049Annamarie136
- #1,049Brandon136
- #1,049Brigette136
Tied with 5 names at #1,043; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.