How Many People Are Named Journey?
people named Journey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,038 people in the US has this name
Based on 22,893 babies named Journey in Social Security records from 1981 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,504 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Journey, 91.2% were girls and 8.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 81.2% of the babies were girls then and 90.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Journey alive today is about 10 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Journey first appears in the records in 1981 and was given most often in 2018, to 1,504 babies. In 2025, 836 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1981 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Journey has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #226, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #411.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #411 |
| Best rank | #226 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #288 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Journey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Journey were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,145 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Journey was given 3.5 times as often in Hawaii, 2.4 times in Oklahoma and 2 times in Georgia.
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