A LITTLE UNCOMMON. ENTIRELY YOURS.
Meaning, origin and pronunciation, with published usage by place and year.
Checking your saved choices…
Share this name or preview its baby card in Discover.
A trip or travel from one place to another.
The exact Journey given-name entry explicitly derives the modern name from journey. The lexical English entry documents the travel sense; this is a word-name meaning, not a prediction of a bearer’s life. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=journey&oldid=95420540.
Modern English word-name from journey.
The exact given-name entry identifies an English name derived from the noun near the end of the twentieth century. Historical roots of the word and an individual family’s naming intentions are separate questions. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=journey&oldid=95420540.
/ˈd͡ʒɝni/; /ˈd͡ʒɜːni/
English word-name reading: General American and Received Pronunciation respectively. The exact given-name entry supplies the explicit noun-to-name link, and the lexical entry supplies the two full readings. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Journey&oldid=75921854.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Girls | 19 · preliminary | 1315 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Canada | 2025 | Boys | 9 · preliminary | 2095 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Girls | 7 | 3333 | Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2018 | Boys | 4 | 3959 | Historical source: not all years independently cross-checked. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 757 | 411 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 79 | 1942 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
Open an entry for its source, credit, licence and full qualifications. Different name traditions remain separate.
Checked against cited source
The exact Journey given-name entry explicitly derives the modern name from journey. The lexical English entry documents the travel sense; this is a word-name meaning, not a prediction of a bearer’s life. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=journey&oldid=95420540. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Checked against cited source
The exact given-name entry identifies an English name derived from the noun near the end of the twentieth century. Historical roots of the word and an individual family’s naming intentions are separate questions. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=journey&oldid=95420540. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Checked against cited source
English word-name reading: General American and Received Pronunciation respectively. The exact given-name entry supplies the explicit noun-to-name link, and the lexical entry supplies the two full readings. Supporting evidence: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Journey&oldid=75921854. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adaptation: language scope and exact-name evidence condensed by Rare Baby Names; no audio or images reused. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
View statistics source (link unavailable)
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
