Girls' name · since 1993
Journi
5,060 babies named Journi in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,555 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #787 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,060
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Journi is the #787 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 5,060 recorded since 1993.
Journi has 5,060 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #787 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #2,555 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #787 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,060 born since 1993
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Journi ranks #2,555 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #787 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,060 born since 1993, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,555 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #787 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,060
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Journi's 5,060 recorded births place it above 96.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Journi compares
5,060 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Journi's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Journi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,060 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 536 | 21 | 19,840 |
Journi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Journi splits its recorded history at 2010: 92% of all births land in the more recent half, 8% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 536 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Journi popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 536
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Journi popularity over time - boys
41 total births recorded since 2019 (Journi as boys' name)
Journi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,741 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Journi's strongest decade.
2,741 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Journi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 59
1990s
59 births
- 2000s 358
2000s
358 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,902 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,741 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,741 births (54% of all-time use).
How Journi 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 Journi's total volume
Journi by state
Where Journi concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 493 | 9.7% |
| #2 | Florida | | 404 | 8.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 374 | 7.4% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 255 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 192 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 190 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 180 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 178 | 3.5% |
493 of 5,060 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Journi appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Journis (493 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 Journi: 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 (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Journi 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.