Total births
44
Girls' name · since 2017
Oya
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 44 babies named Oya, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 44
- total births
- 2017–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
Oya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 44 recorded since 2017.
Oya has 44 recorded births among girls since 2017, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- 44 total births
- 2017–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 59% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
44 girls have been named Oya since 2017, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 44
- total births
- 2017–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
59% of everyone ever named Oya was born in this single decade.
2022
Single peak year
9 babies were named Oya in 2022 - its busiest year on record.
Oya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Oya's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2017, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Oya at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
2022
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2017
Oya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Oya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Oya's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Oya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 26 births (59% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Oya? ▼
44 babies have been named Oya since 2017. It was last recorded in 2025. The peak year was 2022 with 9 births.
When was Oya most popular? ▼
Oya was most popular in the 2020s decade with 26 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
How long has the name Oya been used? ▼
Oya has been recorded in Social Security data since 2017, spanning 9 years of data through 2025.
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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, 2017–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Oya: Baby Name Since 2017 - 44 Births, Peak 2022." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/oya. 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 Oya 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.