# Journey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/journey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Journeigh |
| US babies named this | 22,893 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,011 / 20,882 (91% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 51, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From journey at the end of the 20th century.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 867 | 371 |
| 2012 | 958 | 327 |
| 2013 | 960 | 335 |
| 2014 | 1,126 | 288 |
| 2015 | 1,157 | 274 |
| 2016 | 1,219 | 262 |
| 2017 | 1,167 | 276 |
| 2018 | 1,397 | 226 |
| 2019 | 1,298 | 245 |
| 2020 | 1,095 | 292 |
| 2021 | 1,178 | 264 |
| 2022 | 1,025 | 312 |
| 2023 | 933 | 332 |
| 2024 | 961 | 320 |
| 2025 | 757 | 411 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 60 | 2,186 |
| 2012 | 83 | 1,793 |
| 2013 | 66 | 2,053 |
| 2014 | 76 | 1,914 |
| 2015 | 68 | 2,078 |
| 2016 | 102 | 1,600 |
| 2017 | 113 | 1,493 |
| 2018 | 107 | 1,569 |
| 2019 | 125 | 1,410 |
| 2020 | 125 | 1,392 |
| 2021 | 124 | 1,457 |
| 2022 | 102 | 1,685 |
| 2023 | 103 | 1,664 |
| 2024 | 88 | 1,842 |
| 2025 | 79 | 1,951 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.