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Journey Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Journey?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Journey, ranked the 231st Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Journey has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #231 for the first time this year with 1,363 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Journey in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1985.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Journey occurred roughly during the years 1990-1999, 2002-2014, and 2015-2017.

Sometimes the name Journey has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Journey's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Journey has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Journey?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at or near its highest point.

The name Journey is favored by many parents and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Journey (Girl)Journey (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 1,363 231 107 1,561
2017 1,155 280 110 1,509
2016 1,204 263 101 1,604
2015 1,152 274 68 2,075
2014 1,120 290 76 1,913
2013 955 336 65 2,075
2012 957 327 83 1,789
2011 866 370 60 2,184
2010 751 419 72 1,945
2009 612 498 46 2,678
2008 524 596 63 2,151
2007 422 690 43 2,783
2006 331 821 20 4,591
2005 342 773 39 2,778
2004 259 929 29 3,323
2003 265 900 32 3,018
2002 239 935 28 3,219
2001 235 940 35 2,712
2000 168 1,192 27 3,181
1999 217 953 32 2,695
1998 106 1,561 23 3,343
1997 59 2,295 11 5,463
1996 62 2,192 31 2,509
1995 43 2,807 13 4,653
1994 27 3,942 7 7,337
1993 14 6,413 < 5 --
1992 13 6,820 8 6,386
1991 16 5,780 < 5 --
1990 9 8,811 6 7,604
1989 8 9,122 < 5 --
1988 13 6,042 < 5 --
1987 10 7,014 5 7,538
1986 12 5,929 < 5 --
1985 < 5 -- 7 5,441
1984 7 8,548 6 5,958
1983 5 10,981 6 5,868
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.