Joyner — #8597 US boys' name
158 babies named Joyner in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to boys today.
73% of everyone ever named Joyner was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Joyner in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joyner
The Social Security Administration has registered 158 babies named Joyner between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joyner currently holds the #8597 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joyner performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Joyner shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joyner 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 158 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.
Joyner at a glance
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Current rank
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Joyner popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2021)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #8597 among boys.
158 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 34 births in a single year.
Joyner by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 116 births that decade — 73% of Joyner's all-time total
Joyner decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Joyner's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
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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, 1995–2024 (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.