Feminine dossier · first seen 1942

Joya

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Joya
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1990

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1942Peak 19902024

Peak year

1990

Decline from peak

62.8%

2024

All-time

1,771

Joya has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1990, when 43 girls were named Joya.

In 2024, only 16 girls were given the name.

Down 62.8% from its peak.

All told, about 1,771 Americans have been named Joya and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1942.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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