Girls' name · peaked in 2018
Journey name popularity since 1925
22,893 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Journey (91.2% girls, 8.8% boys). Half of them were born in 2016 or earlier, so the typical Journey is about 10 years old in 2026. Journey peaked in 2018 as the #226 name for girls, and it ranked #411 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,893
- Named Journey, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #411
- for girls in 2025 (757 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 91.2% girls
- 20,882 girls · 2,011 boys
- Most popular in
- Georgia
- 2.35× its national share
Peak year is the year Journey made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Journey births per year, 1925–2025
2018 was the biggest year for Journey both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2006 and 2011, Journey became 2.8× more common, from 1 in 5,740 baby girls to 1 in 2,030.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Journey's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Journey.
Decade by decade
Babies named Journey in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 62 | 24 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 566 | 131 | #2,810 |
| 2000s | 3,402 | 363 | #772 |
| 2010s | 10,903 | 872 | #274 |
| 2020–25 | 5,949 | 621 | #411 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
67.9% of babies named Journey from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Journey is most popular
The index compares Journey's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Journey.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 2.35× | 1,332 |
| Oklahoma | 2.06× | 549 |
| Florida | 1.79× | 1,322 |
| North Carolina | 1.65× | 956 |
| South Carolina | 1.63× | 469 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Journey and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Journey (this page) | 20,882 | 2018 |
| Journee | 18,152 | 2022 |
| Journi | 5,060 | 2021 |
| Journie | 2,712 | 2023 |
| Journei | 2,301 | 2021 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Journey's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Journey.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Journey (2018).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data