Fun Facts and Stats About Names Dog names, cat names, and humans too: Facts and Stats about the Dog name Joy from 19K+ adoptable Dogs across the U.S. that need homes Now! data last updated: 11/15/25 - Dig In Most adoptable Dogs with the the name joy live in the state of California. 50.0% live in California, 25.0% live in Illinois and Washington If you want to stand out take your Dog to New Hampshire (None live there). The majority of Dogs with the name Joy are in the other group Is Joy typically a male or female name? ♀♀♀♀♀ ♂ Joy is unquestionably a female Dog name. 99.99% of all Joy in America are female whereas merely 0.01% are male. FEMALEMALE If you're a Dog and your name is Joy you are most likelyA Terrier 14.38% of all Dogs named Joy are Terrier 13.01% are Labrador Retriever 8.22% are German Shepherd Dog 6.16% are American Pit Bull Terrier 6.16% are Chihuahua Joy is a pretty popular Dog name. Joy is currently the 149th most popular Dog name in the United States. it reached its peak popularity as the 57th most common Dog name in Jan. In recent months, the name has gained more popularity. Cool fact: Washington is the state with the highest per capita adoptable Dogs named joy Check out the per capita popularity of Dogs named joy for each state in the map below. Is the Dog name joy only for Dogs? Nope The first name joy is a human name & There is also a Cat named joy Did you enjoy this page? Share it! Facebook Twitter Tumblr Reddit And check out more names: Bubba Cookie Frankie Woody