Joi
A girls’ name of English origin, meaning joy; gladness and pleasure; modern respelling of Joy.
Babies a year
73
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Joi by the numbers
Joi was given to 73 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 164 babies in 1981, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Joi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)
- Jonigod is gracious; a form of Joan or Jonah111 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jogod will increase; a form of Josephine49 in the US (2017)
- Jodia form of Jody, from Judith; praised48 in the US (2017)
- Joiejoy46 in the US (2017)
- Josigod increases; a form of josephine or joseph22 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Joi
Names that are said the same way as Joi, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Joyejoy; a variant of Joyce9 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean joy
Like Joi, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
- Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
- Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
- Felicityhappiness or good fortune330 in England and Wales (2025)