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Is Joy a Male or Female Name?

Joy is predominantly a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Joy globally is 8.1% males and 91.9% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Oman with 70.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is Niger with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Joy in percentages: Globally: 8.1% males, 91.9% females, United States: 0.9% males, 99.1% females, Nigeria: 2.2% males, 97.8% females, Philippines: 2.1% males, 97.9% females, United Kingdom: 3.0% males, 97.0% females, India: 18.4% males, 81.6% females, Canada: 2.0% males, 98.0% females, Bangladesh: 64.2% males, 35.8% females, China: 3.8% males, 96.2% females, France: 11.1% males, 88.9% females, South Africa: 12.1% males, 87.9% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Joy are 65+ years old, making up 23.8% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 45-54.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Joy in each age group: 18-24: 13.0%, 25-34: 15.6%, 35-44: 22.4%, 45-54: 12.5%, 55-64: 12.8%, 65+: 23.8%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Joy is Nigeria with 0.2775% of the population. Following is Senegal and Philippines.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Joy measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Joy year over year: 1956: 0.0261‰, 1957: 0.0258‰, 1958: 0.0214‰, 1959: 0.0228‰, 1960: 0.0186‰, 1961: 0.0192‰, 1962: 0.0158‰, 1963: 0.0153‰, 1964: 0.0143‰, 1965: 0.0148‰, 1966: 0.013‰, 1967: 0.0141‰, 1968: 0.0133‰, 1969: 0.0118‰, 1970: 0.0126‰, 1971: 0.0129‰, 1972: 0.013‰, 1973: 0.0124‰, 1974: 0.0139‰, 1975: 0.0147‰, 1976: 0.0152‰, 1977: 0.0151‰, 1978: 0.0145‰, 1979: 0.0162‰, 1980: 0.0182‰, 1981: 0.0167‰, 1982: 0.0175‰, 1983: 0.0176‰, 1984: 0.0203‰, 1985: 0.0234‰, 1986: 0.0341‰, 1987: 0.0371‰, 1988: 0.0401‰, 1989: 0.0234‰, 1990: 0.022‰, 1991: 0.0185‰, 1992: 0.0207‰, 1993: 0.0159‰, 1994: 0.0132‰, 1995: 0.0117‰, 1996: 0.0118‰, 1997: 0.0104‰, 1998: 0.0105‰, 1999: 0.0076‰, 2000: 0.0129‰, 2001: 0.0363‰

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