Unisex name · since 2009
Joriah
Joriah has 19 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,403 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 19
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
19 boys have been named Joriah since 2009, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Joriah recorded 19 times among boys since 2009, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2024.
- #29,403 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 19 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joriah ranks #29,403 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,403 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 19
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Joriah's 19 recorded births place it above 35.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joriah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joriah splits its recorded history at 2019: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2009 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joriah popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Joriah popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2008 (Joriah as girls' name)
Joriah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (7 births, 37% of the file).
2020s was Joriah's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Joriah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7 births (37% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joriah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2009–2024 (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 Joriah 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.