Boys' name · since 1988
Pouya
Pouya has 6 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #38,440 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 6
- born since 1988
- 1980s
- peak decade
Pouya is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 6 have been recorded since 1988.
Pouya has 6 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 1988.
- #38,440 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 6 born since 1988
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pouya ranks #38,440 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 6 born since 1988, peaking in the 1980s.
- #38,440 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 6
- born since 1988
- 1980s
- peak decade
Pouya's 6 recorded births place it above 14.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pouya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1988
- Peak year (1988)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Pouya by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (6 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Pouya's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Pouya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 6 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pouya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1988–1988 (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 Pouya 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.