Joy

Girl name

Joy ranks #557 out of 10,880 cat names in our data (the #1 cat name is Luna). Across all 1 place, 10 licensed cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #419 for dogs.

Share of cats named Joy, by year

Joy's slice of each year's named cats. Shares, not raw counts, so a changing licensed population can't fake a trend. Peak year: 2019.

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Year	Share
2019	0.051%
2018	0.036%
2017	0.029%
2016	0.033%
2015	0.029%
2014	0.02%
2013	0.024%
2012	0.019%

Licensed cats in our data

across 1 place

Popularity rank

#557

of 10,880 names in our data

5-year rank move

+503

2014 → 2019

Gender lean

94% female

of 31 shelter cats

Gender lean is from named cats in US shelters — most license records don't publish a cat's gender, so shelters are the one place our data can measure it.

Where Joy shows up

Licensed cats named Joy per place, against that place's counted total. The basis column says what each number means.

Place	Share	Basis
Toronto ON, CA	0.05%	licensed in 2019