How rare is the name Joi?

5,086 people in the United States have the first name Joi, about 1 in 59,385. It ranks #3,864 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOI

#3,864

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,086
About
1 in 59,385
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,086 people named Joi, 67.1% reported their origin as Black, 21.8% as White and 4.4% as two or more races. 98.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Joi peaked in 1981, when 164 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19422025
Peak year
1981
Births that year
164
In 2025*
48 ▼71%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,095 babies have been given the name since 1942. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Joi by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,051. The largest share of babies named Joi, 26.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#8,37829
1950s#3,049324
1960s#2,193677
1970s#2,136858
1980s#2,0511,114
1990s#2,821925
2000s#3,343994
2010s#4,185778
2020s#4,645396
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–6410.7%
Generation X 1965–8022.3%
Millennials 1981–9626.3%
Generation Z 1997–1224.7%
2013 and later15.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Joi is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Joi has been most common in Georgia (4.4×), Michigan (2.6×), and Maryland (2.4×), and least common in Indiana (0.45×).

3,368 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Joi

#3,862 Milana · 5,092#3,863 Yamilet · 5,089#3,865 Hezekiah · 5,084#3,866 Cecilio · 5,081

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Joi, most common first.

#194 Joe · 275,876#482 Joy · 117,520#818 Jo · 57,903#6,114 Joie · 2,663#8,666 Joo · 1,663#11,013 Joh · 1,182#21,475 Joia · 472#22,349 Joei · 446

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