Girls' name · since 2002
Joyah
29 babies named Joyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,325 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,995 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
29 babies have been named Joyah since 2002, making it today's #15995 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joyah has been recorded 29 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #15995 nationally and more common than 8% 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 2002 to 2025.
- #41,325 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,995 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 29 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joyah ranks #41,325 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,995 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 29 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #41,325 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,995 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joyah's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Joyah compares
29 10th percentile among 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
Joyah's all-time total is 92% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 29 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joyah's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Joyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (19 births, 66% of the file).
2000s was Joyah's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Joyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 19 births (66% of all-time use).
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What to do with Joyah's data
- Joyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Joyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Joyah 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.