Boys' name · since 1995
Joyner
169 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.
- #13,987 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,428 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 169
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Joyner is the #7428 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 169 recorded since 1995.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joyner has been recorded 169 times among boys since 1995, currently ranked #7428 nationally and more common than 47% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #13,987 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,428 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 169 born since 1995
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joyner ranks #13,987 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,428 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 169 born since 1995, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,987 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,428 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 169
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Joyner's 169 recorded births place it above 69.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Joyner compares
169 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Joyner's all-time total is 54% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joyner | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 169 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 34 | 22,252 |
Joyner's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joyner's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 34, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joyner popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Joyner by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (127 births, 75% of the file).
2020s was Joyner's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Joyner births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s 37
2010s
37 births
- 2020s
2020s
127 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 127 births (75% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joyner: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1995–2025 (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 Joyner 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.