Girls' name · since 1942
Joi
6,095 babies named Joi in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,271 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,262 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,095
- born since 1942
- 1980s
- peak decade
Joi currently ranks #3262 among girls' names in America, with 6,095 babies recorded since 1942.
Joi has 6,095 recorded births among girls since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3262 as of the latest data, more common than 81% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 2025.
- #2,271 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,262 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,095 born since 1942
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joi ranks #2,271 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,262 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,095 born since 1942, peaking in the 1980s.
- #2,271 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,262 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,095
- born since 1942
- 1980s
- peak decade
Joi's 6,095 recorded births place it above 96.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Joi compares
6,095 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Joi's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,095 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 164 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joi splits its recorded history at 1986: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1943 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1981 peak of 164 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–2025
- Peak year (1981)
- 164
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
Joi by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (1,114 births, 18% of the file).
1980s was Joi's strongest decade.
1,114 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Joi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 29
1940s
29 births
- 1950s 324
1950s
324 births
- 1960s
1960s
677 births
- 1970s
1970s
858 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,114 births
- 1990s
1990s
925 births
- 2000s
2000s
994 births
- 2010s
2010s
778 births
- 2020s 396
2020s
396 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 1,114 births (18% of all-time use).
How Joi compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Joi's total volume
Joi by state
Where Joi concentrates geographically, total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 521 | 8.5% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 419 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 351 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 334 | 5.5% |
| #5 | New York | | 318 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Texas | | 255 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Florida | | 221 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 220 | 3.6% |
521 of 6,095 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Joi appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Joi's data
- Joi's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (1,114 total births) through the 2020s (396) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Jois (521 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~83 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1942–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Joi draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.