Joa — #4295 US boys' name
53 babies named Joa in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 70% of names given to boys today.
81% of everyone ever named Joa was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Joa in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joa
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Joa between 2013 and 2024, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joa currently holds the #4295 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 25 babies received it in a single year. Joa is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 47 additional births since 1953.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joa performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Joa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joa 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 53 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.
Joa at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Joa popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2013
- Peak year (2024)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
Currently ranks #4295 among boys.
53 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 25 births in a single year.
Joa popularity over time — girls
47 total births recorded since 1953 (Joa as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Joa accounts for 47% of total recorded use across both genders.
Joa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 43 births that decade — 81% of Joa's all-time total
Joa decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Joa's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 81% of all-time use.
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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, 2013–2024 (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.