Unisex name · since 1951
Choya
Choya has 73 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,524 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 73
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
73 boys have been named Choya since 1951, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Choya has been recorded 73 times among boys since 1951, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 1980.
- #19,524 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 73 born since 1951
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Choya ranks #19,524 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 73 born since 1951, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,524 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 73
- born since 1951
- 1970s
- peak decade
Choya's 73 recorded births place it above 56.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Choya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Choya's SSA record in two at 1972 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1953, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Choya popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1980
- Peak year (1979)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Choya popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 1981 (Choya as girls' name)
Choya by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (37 births, 51% of the file).
1970s was Choya's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Choya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
30 births
- 1970s
1970s
37 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 37 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Choya's data
- Choya's decade-level peak was the 1970s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Choya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Choya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.