Girls' name · since 1942
Joya
1,796 babies named Joya in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,067 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,123 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,796
- born since 1942
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Joya is the #5123 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,796 recorded since 1942.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joya has been recorded 1,796 times among girls since 1942, currently ranked #5123 nationally and more common than 70% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 2025.
- #5,067 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,123 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,796 born since 1942
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joya ranks #5,067 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,123 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,796 born since 1942, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,067 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,123 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,796
- born since 1942
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joya's 1,796 recorded births place it above 92.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Joya compares
1,796 Top 24% higher than 76% 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
Joya's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,796 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joya splits its recorded history at 1985: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1943 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 43 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
Joya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (290 births, 16% of the file).
2000s was Joya's strongest decade.
290 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Joya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 33
1940s
33 births
- 1950s 104
1950s
104 births
- 1960s
1960s
197 births
- 1970s
1970s
269 births
- 1980s
1980s
276 births
- 1990s
1990s
287 births
- 2000s
2000s
290 births
- 2010s
2010s
222 births
- 2020s
2020s
118 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 290 births (16% of all-time use).
How Joya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Joya's total volume
Joya by state
Where Joya concentrates geographically, total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 82 | 4.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 30 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 28 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.3% |
82 of 1,796 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Joya's data
- Joya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (290 total births) through the 2020s (118) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Joyas (82 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar popularity rank to Joya
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~83 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, 1942–2025 (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 Joya 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.