How Many People Are Named Joya?
An estimated 1,630 people in the United States have the first name Joya. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 35 years old, and Joya peaked in popularity in 1990 with 43 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Joya as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Joya paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,630
About 1 in 210,279 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
35
years old
Peak Year
1990
43 births
Total Registered
1,771
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Joya
Joya is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,771 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Joya as a female name
Ranked #7,051 in 2024
16 female births in 2024
Peak: 1990 (43 births)
Joya: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Joya span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 290 babies were registered. While Joya is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Joya by Decade
How has Joya tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Joya by State
Birth registrations for Joya span all 5 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Michigan. The lowest are in New Jersey, Georgia, Michigan. On average, about 31 Joyas were registered per state.
Joya + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Joya as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Joya
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
Joya: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Joya?
We estimate approximately 1,630 people named Joya are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 210,279 Americans share this first name.
Is Joya a common name?
Joya is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,771 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Joya most popular?
Joya reached peak popularity in 1990, when 43 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Joya is approximately 35 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Joya a female name?
Joya is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Joya Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Joya Smith, Joya Johnson, Joya Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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