Name → State Lookup

Enter any baby name to see which US states have the most births of that name. Reverse lookup tool built on 2,335,053 rows of SSA state-level data 1910–2025.

Top States for Joy (girls)

17,976 all-time US births Peaked 2017 with 968 births (rank #335)

3,345 births · 18.6%

2,586 births · 14.4%

1,752 births · 9.7%

1,200 births · 6.7%

1,199 births · 6.7%

1,126 births · 6.3%

1,035 births · 5.8%

871 births · 4.8%

863 births · 4.8%

862 births · 4.8%

817 births · 4.5%

713 births · 4%

685 births · 3.8%

650 births · 3.6%

621 births · 3.5%

See cross-state distinctiveness atlas for each state's most-uniquely-owned name, or browse all 51 states.

How it works: Queries name_popularity_state (2,335,053 SSA state-level rows) for the entered name, summed across all years 1910–2025. Top 15 states by total births are returned. Names rare enough to fall under SSA's 5-occurrence privacy threshold may not appear at all. Source: US Social Security Administration · methodology.

Name → State Lookup

Top States for Joy (girls)

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