Girls' name · since 1973
Koya
82 babies named Koya in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 82
- total births
- 1973–2020
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
82 girls have been named Koya since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Koya recorded 82 times among girls since 1973, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2020.
- 82 total births
- 1973–2020 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 34% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Koya's 82 recorded births place it above 59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Koya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Koya's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Koya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2020
- Peak year (1976)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Koya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Koya's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Koya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
28 births
- 1980s
1980s
20 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 28 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Koya's decade-level peak was the 1970s (28 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.
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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, 1973–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Koya: Baby Name Since 1973 - 82 Births, Peak 1976." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/koya. 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 Koya 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.