Girls' name · since 1978
Joyous
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 140 babies named Joyous, peaking in 1987. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,485 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 140
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Joyous is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 140 have been recorded since 1978.
Joyous has 140 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1978 to 2024.
- #23,485 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 140 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joyous ranks #23,485 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 140 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,485 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 140
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Joyous's 140 recorded births place it above 67.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joyous's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joyous splits its recorded history at 2005: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joyous popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2024
- Peak year (1987)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Joyous by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (40 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Joyous's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Joyous births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 40 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Joyous's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 2020s (23) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Joyous: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1978–2024 (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 Joyous 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.