Recorded 2000–2019 Girls' name Peak 2005 163 births

Joniya — girls' name

163 babies named Joniya in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s1112010s52
2000s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Joniya was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

18 babies were named Joniya in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Joniya

The Social Security Administration has registered 163 babies named Joniya between 2000 and 2019, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joniya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joniya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Joniya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joniya 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 163 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.

Joniya at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

163

Since 2000

20 years of records

Peak year

2005

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2000

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2019

Joniya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2000

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2005)
18
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
05101520 2019201520112008200520022000 5

Joniya by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
111 births that decade — 68% of Joniya's all-time total
2000s1112010s52

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Joniya?
163 babies have been named Joniya since 2000. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2005 with 18 births.
When was Joniya most popular?
Joniya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 111 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Joniya been used?
Joniya has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 20 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Joniya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Joni, Jonnie, Jonna, Jonathan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2000–2019 (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.