Recorded 2017–2022 Boys' name Peak 2022 12 births

Iokua — boys' name

12 babies named Iokua in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s52020s7
2020s
Peak decade

58% of everyone ever named Iokua was born in this single decade.

2022
Single peak year

7 babies were named Iokua in 2022 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Iokua

The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Iokua between 2017 and 2022, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Iokua currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Iokua performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Iokua shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Iokua in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 12 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Iokua at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

12

Since 2017

6 years of records

Peak year

2022

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2017

Recorded for 6 years

Last year on file: 2022

Iokua popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2017

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2022)
7
Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 20222017 5

Iokua by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2020s
Peak decade
2020s
7 births that decade — 58% of Iokua's all-time total
2010s52020s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Iokua?
12 babies have been named Iokua since 2017. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2022 with 7 births.
When was Iokua most popular?
Iokua was most popular in the 2020s decade with 7 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
How long has the name Iokua been used?
Iokua has been recorded in Social Security data since 2017, spanning 6 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Iokua?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Iokepa. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2017–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.