Girls' name · since 1997

Rejoice

Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 198 babies named Rejoice, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#19,926 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,447 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
198
born since 1997
2010s
peak decade

198 babies have been named Rejoice since 1997, making it today's #12447 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rejoice has been recorded 198 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #12447 nationally and more common than 28% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.

  • #19,926 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #12,447 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 198 born since 1997
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rejoice ranks #19,926 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,447 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 198 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.

#19,926 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,447 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
198
born since 1997
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%28%
Rejoice vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Rejoice's 198 recorded births place it above 72.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Rejoice compares

198 37th 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

Rejoice's all-time total is 47% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Rejoice Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 198 376 567,345
Peak-year births 19 21 19,840

Rejoice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Rejoice's full recorded timeline at 2014, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Rejoice popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
19
Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
05101520 199720022007201220152018202120242025 7

Rejoice by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (84 births, 42% of the file).

2010s was Rejoice's strongest decade.

84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.

Rejoice births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 84 births (42% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rejoice?
Since 1997, Social Security records show 198 babies named Rejoice. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #19,926 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #12,447 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2024, with 19 births.
Where does Rejoice sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rejoice ranks #19,926 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,447 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Rejoice most popular?
Rejoice was most popular in the 2010s decade with 84 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Rejoice been used?
Records for Rejoice go back to 1997, giving 29 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Rejoice?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Rejeana, Rejina, Rejeanne, Rejetta, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Rejoice's data

  • Rejoice's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (84 total births) through the 2020s (62) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Rejoice

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Rejoice: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1997–2025 (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 Rejoice 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.