Girls' name · since 1999
Journei
Journei has 2,301 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,286 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,450 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,301
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
2,301 babies have been named Journei since 1999, making it today's #1450 girls' name.
Journei has 2,301 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1450 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #4,286 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,450 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,301 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Journei ranks #4,286 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,450 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,301 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,286 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,450 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,301
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Journei's 2,301 recorded births place it above 94.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Journei compares
2,301 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Journei's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Journei | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,301 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 194 | 21 | 19,840 |
Journei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Journei's full recorded timeline at 2013, 84% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 16% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 194 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Journei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 194
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Journei by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,111 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Journei's strongest decade.
1,111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Journei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s 182
2000s
182 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,111 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,001 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,111 births (48% of all-time use).
How Journei 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 Journei's total volume
Journei by state
Where Journei concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 194 | 8.4% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 190 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 187 | 8.1% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 128 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 107 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 96 | 4.2% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 96 | 4.2% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 82 | 3.6% |
194 of 2,301 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Journei appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Journei's data
- Journei's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,111 total births) through the 2020s (1,001) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Journeis (194 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Journei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Journei 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.