Joud vs Journei
American parents have registered 2,301 Journeis since 1880, against 677 Jouds. Journei is still ahead, with 149 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Joud Journei
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Journei has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1999 to 2025. The lead has never changed hands.
The closest they came was 2002, when Joud had 5 and Journei had 10.
Side by side
| Joud | Journei | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 677 | 2,301 |
| Most in one year | 70 | 194 |
| Babies in 2025 | 70 | 149 |
| Estimated living today | 670 | 2,300 |
| Median age today | 6 | 6 |
| Peak year | 2024 | 2021 |
| Best rank | 4,294th girls | 1,219th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 4,352nd | 1,443rd |
| First recorded | 2002 | 1999 |
| Girls / boys | 372 / 305 | 2,301 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Where each one is strongest
- Joud California (2.6×)
- Journei Louisiana (4.5×), Georgia (4.4×), Mississippi (4.0×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Joud and Journei.