Girls' name · since 1986
Journee
Since 1986, U.S. Social Security records show 18,152 babies named Journee, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #217
- among girls today
- 18,152
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 99%
- more common than other girls
Journee currently ranks #217 among girls' names in America, with 18,152 babies recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Journee has been recorded 18,152 times among girls since 1986, currently ranked #217 nationally and more common than 99% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #217 among girls today
- 18,152 born since 1986
- 2020s peak decade
- 99% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Journee is currently the #217 girls' name in America, more common than 99% of girls - 18,152 born since 1986, peaking in the 2020s.
- #217
- among girls today
- 18,152
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 99%
- more common than other girls
Journee vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
More common than 99% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Journee was born in this single decade.
1,520 babies were named Journee in 2021 - its busiest year on record.
How Journee compares
18,152 Top 6% higher than 94% of 17,726 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
Journee's all-time total is 48x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Journee | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18,152 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,520 | 48 | 19,840 |
Journee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Journee's full recorded timeline at 2010, 94% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 6% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 1,520 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Journee at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Journee popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 1,520
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #217 among girls.
18,152 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 1,520 births in a single year.
Journee popularity over time - boys
182 total births recorded since 2005 (Journee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Journee accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Journee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Journee's strongest decade.
8,536 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Journee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 147
1990s
147 births
- 2000s 975
2000s
975 births
- 2010s
2010s
8,489 births
- 2020s
2020s
8,536 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 8,536 births (47% of all-time use).
Journee decade highlights
- Peak decade 8,536 births
- Runner-up 8,489 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Journee 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 Journee's total volume
Journee vs 15 similarly-sized girls names
Journee by state
Where Journee concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,743 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 1,515 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,073 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 883 | 4.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 882 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 809 | 4.5% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 804 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 756 | 4.2% |
1,743 of 18,152 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 8.3% of nationwide
- Florida 5.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.9% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 41 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Journee appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Journee's data
- Texas records the most Journees (1,743 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1986–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Journee: #217 Girls' Name - 18,152 Births, Peak 2021." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/journee. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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