Girls' name · since 1999
Jonaya
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 74 babies named Jonaya, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 74
- total births
- 1999–2013
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 82%
- born in that decade
Jonaya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 74 have been recorded since 1999.
Jonaya has 74 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2013.
- 74 total births
- 1999–2013 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 82% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jonaya's 74 recorded births place it above 58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jonaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jonaya's full recorded timeline at 2004, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jonaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2013
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Jonaya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Jonaya's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Jonaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 61 births (82% of all-time use).
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- Jonaya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1999–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jonaya: Baby Name Since 1999 - 74 Births, Peak 2009." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jonaya. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jonaya 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 July 2026.