MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Joy mean?
Joy can be the English word for happiness used as a personal name. In Bengali naming, the same form can represent jay, victory, giving it a second established reading.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जॉय
Conventional spelling
Bengali
জয়
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Joy in Indian usage
28,863 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 479 records (1.7%).
- Recorded as male: 28,384 records (98.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,394 |
| 1950s | 6,425 |
| 1960s | 11,628 |
| 1970s | 6,996 |
| 1980s | 1,576 |
| 1990s | 660 |
| Other decades | 184 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 27,203 |
| Delhi | 333 |
| Meghalaya | 276 |
| Manipur | 229 |
| Mizoram | 189 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 167 |
| Goa | 128 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 126 |
| Nagaland | 103 |
| Other states | 109 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Joy / M | 3 | 5,137 |
| England & Wales | Joy / F | 73 | 542 |
| Scotland | Joy / F | 11 | 301 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Joy ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Joy; Table_6, C5824 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Joy; Table_6, C5824
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Joy; Table_6, C549 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Joy; Table_6, C549
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Joy; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Girl ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Joy; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Girl