Joye
Joye is a name primarily used as a surname, but also as a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Joye
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Joye is a name primarily used as a surname, but also as a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Joye
American parents first put Joye on the record books as a baby girl name in 1907, with 11 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1932, when 77 Joyes were born — ranking #768 that year. Joye last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Joye
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Joye. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Joye
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About the name Joye
Joye is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1907 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Joye's peak popularity came in 1932 when it ranked #768. Use the chart and map above to compare Joye's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.