Joya
Joya was the 5153rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 1965, when it ranked 1931st; the most babies were born in 1990 (43). Over the last ten years it has moved up 980 places. More babies were named Joya in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,153 girls, up 1,034 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 25girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199043 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,796babies recorded
Joya popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,153 | 25 |
| 2020 | #6,187 | 19 |
| 2010 | #7,054 | 18 |
| 2000 | #4,876 | 24 |
| 1990 | #2,714 | 43 |
| 1980 | #2,952 | 30 |
| 1970 | #2,812 | 25 |
| 1960 | #3,577 | 13 |
| 1950 | #4,126 | 8 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Joya, counting every spelling?
Joya is the most common spelling of a name family that had 30 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 30 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joya | 25 | #5,153 | 99 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Joya?
25 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Joya (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Joya born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 337 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Joya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Joya?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Joya are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 20 and 50. That makes Joya mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Joya: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Joya, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Joya
How popular is the name Joya?
Joya was the 5153rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 1965, when it ranked 1931st; the most babies were born in 1990 (43). Over the last ten years it has moved up 980 places. More babies were named Joya in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Joya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Joya in the US.