Girls' name · since 1959
Joyia
Joyia has 102 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 102
- total births
- 1959–2004
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
Joyia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 102 have been recorded since 1959.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joyia has been recorded 102 times among girls since 1959, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2004.
- 102 total births
- 1959–2004 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 39% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joyia's 102 recorded births place it above 63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joyia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joyia's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1959, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joyia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2004
- Peak year (1979)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Joyia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Joyia's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Joyia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
26 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
21 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 40 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Joyia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- 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, 1959–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joyia: Baby Name Since 1959 - 102 Births, Peak 1979." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joyia. 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 Joyia 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.