Journey
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 1,257 babies a year in the US.
How Journey has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #274 |
| 2016 | #262 |
| 2017 | #277 |
| 2018 | #226 |
| 2019 | #248 |
| 2020 | #297 |
| 2021 | #268 |
| 2022 | #315 |
| 2023 | #334 |
| 2024 | #322 |
| 2025 | #411 |
Journey by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Journey. In the US, 1,257 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,202 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Journey
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Journey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Journey
Names that are said the same way as Journey, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Journeigh8 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Journey
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