Girls' name · since 1968
Joia
488 babies named Joia in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,986 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 488
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
488 babies have been named Joia since 1968, making it today's #8986 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joia has been recorded 488 times among girls since 1968, currently ranked #8986 nationally and more common than 48% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #12,028 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,986 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 488 born since 1968
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joia ranks #12,028 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,986 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 488 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,986 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 488
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Joia's 488 recorded births place it above 83.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Joia compares
488 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Joia's all-time total is 30% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 488 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joia's full recorded timeline at 1999, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 40 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Joia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (149 births, 31% of the file).
1980s was Joia's strongest decade.
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Joia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 26
1970s
26 births
- 1980s
1980s
149 births
- 1990s
1990s
95 births
- 2000s
2000s
111 births
- 2010s 51
2010s
51 births
- 2020s 51
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 149 births (31% of all-time use).
Joia by state
Where Joia concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
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What to do with Joia's data
- Joia's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (149 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Joias (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Joia 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.