Joya Girl
How popular is Joya?
#5,098 girl name in 2025
25 baby girls were named Joya in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
1,713living people named Joya (est.)
35median age of people named Joya
1,796babies named Joya since 1880
1 in 132,614US babies born in 2025
Joya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,098 for girls (▲ 1830 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 25 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+19% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,034 in 2015, #6,079 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (43 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,914 in 1965 |
| First recorded | 1942 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Joya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Joya family of names ranked #2,634 for girls in 2025 (#3,517 the year before), with 41 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Joya | 25 | 61% |
| Joia | 11 | 27% |
| Joyah | 5 | 12% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Joya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 33 | #3,664 |
| 1950s | 104 | #2,594 |
| 1960s | 197 | #1,914 |
| 1970s | 269 | #2,174 |
| 1980s | 276 | #2,645 |
| 1990s | 287 | #2,690 |
| 2000s | 290 | #3,650 |
| 2010s | 222 | #4,753 |
| 2020s | 118 | #5,098 |
Girl names about as popular as Joya
Questions
- Is Joya a boy or girl name?
- Joya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Joya were girls.
- How popular is the name Joya?
- 25 baby girls were named Joya in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
- When was Joya most popular?
- Joya peaked in 1990, when 43 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,914 in 1965.
- How many people are named Joya?
- 1,796 babies have been named Joya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,713 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 35.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.