Journie — #1438 US girls' name
2,579 babies named Journie in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Journie was born in this single decade.
180 babies were named Journie in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Journie
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,579 babies named Journie between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Journie currently holds the #1438 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 180 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Journie performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,284 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Journie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 295 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Journie in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Journie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,579 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Journie at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Journie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2021)
- 180
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #1438 among girls.
2,579 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 180 births in a single year.
Journie popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 2012 (Journie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Journie accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Journie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,284 births that decade — 50% of Journie's all-time total
Journie decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,284 births
- Runner-up 829 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Journie's strongest decade
1,284 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Journie by state
Where Journie concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 295 | 11.4% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 124 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 121 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 114 | 4.4% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 86 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 82 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 81 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 80 | 3.1% |
295 of 2,579 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 11.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.8% of nationwide
- Florida 4.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.4% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 11.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Journie appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.