Unisex name · since 2013
Joa
Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 62 babies named Joa, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,656 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,778 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 62
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
62 babies have been named Joa since 2013, making it today's #8778 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joa has been recorded 62 times among boys since 2013, currently ranked #8778 nationally and more common than 37% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #20,656 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,778 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 62 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joa ranks #20,656 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,778 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 62 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,656 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,778 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 62
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Joa's 62 recorded births place it above 54.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Joa compares
62 19th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Joa's all-time total is 83% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joa | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 62 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Joa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joa's full recorded timeline at 2022, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joa popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Joa popularity over time - girls
52 total births recorded since 1953 (Joa as girls' name)
Joa by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (52 births, 84% of the file).
2020s was Joa's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Joa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 52 births (84% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2013–2025 (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 Joa 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.