How rare is the name Journey?

13,878 people in the United States have the first name Journey, about 1 in 21,763. It ranks #1,987 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOURNEY

#1,987

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,878
About
1 in 21,763
This common or more
78%
Who bears it

Of the 13,878 people named Journey, 40.1% reported their origin as Black, 36.6% as White and 10.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 91% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Journey peaked in 2018, when 1,504 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19812025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
1,504
In 2025*
836 ▼44%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 22,893 babies have been given the name since 1981. 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.

Journey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #571. The largest share of babies named Journey, 67.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#11,00886
1990s#3,403697
2000s#1,3093,765
2010s#57111,775
2020s#6096,570
Millennials 1981–961.5%
Generation Z 1997–1230.6%
2013 and later67.9%

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 Journey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Journey has been most common in Nevada (2.9×), Hawaii (2.4×), and Georgia (2.3×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.17×).

20,256 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 Journey

#1,985 Rosanna · 13,916#1,986 Shay · 13,892#1,988 Addie · 13,875#1,988 Addyson · 13,875

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,009 Journee · 7,439#7,998 Journi · 1,843#9,732 Journie · 1,410#13,184 Journei · 922

Also a last name

As a last name, Journey ranks #19,770 of 156,621, with 1,364 people. See Journey as a last name

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