Journey

Journey: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“travel; passage”
Origin
English
Say it
JUR-nee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (91% of all uses)

Journey is a modern English word name taken directly from the vocabulary word. Its use as a given name is contemporary rather than traditional.

How popular is Journey?

2024313 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Journey in 20241,042

2024 rank#322 girls

Peak year2018

Total US babies since 188022,024

Journey has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Journey

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Journeemodern spelling of Journey · American (modern coinage)
  • Journimodern spelling of Journey · American (modern coinage)
  • Journiejourney · English
  • Journeimodern spelling of Journey · American (modern coinage)
  • Jurneemodern spelling of Journey · American (modern coinage)
  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English

Journey questions

What does the name Journey mean?

Journey means "travel; passage". It comes from English. Journey is a modern English word name taken directly from the vocabulary word. Its use as a given name is contemporary rather than traditional.

Is Journey a boy or girl name?

Journey is mainly a girl's name in US records (91% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Journey?

1,042 US babies were named Journey in 2024. Its peak year was 2018.

How do you pronounce Journey?

Journey is usually pronounced JUR-nee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.