Girls' name · since 2012
Joyful
52 babies named Joyful in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,568 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,436 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 52
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
52 babies have been named Joyful since 2012, making it today's #16436 girls' name.
Joyful has 52 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16436 as of the latest data, more common than 5% 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 2012 to 2025.
- #34,568 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,436 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 52 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joyful ranks #34,568 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,436 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 52 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #34,568 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,436 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 52
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Joyful's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Joyful compares
52 16th percentile among 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
Joyful's all-time total is 86% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joyful | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 52 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joyful's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joyful's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joyful popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Joyful by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (31 births, 60% of the file).
2010s was Joyful's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Joyful births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window. * 2020s covers 2020–2025 only (six of ten years), so it is not directly comparable to a full decade.
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s*
2020s (partial decade: 2020–2025, six of ten years)
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 31 births (60% of all-time use).
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What to do with Joyful's data
- Joyful's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (31 total births) through the 2020s (21, 2020–2025 only) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joyful: 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 (~13 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, 2012–2025 (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 Joyful 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.