Gioia
Gioia is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Gioia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gioia is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Gioia
Gioia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1925, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 25 births, good for #5,282 nationwide. About 28% of every Gioia on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Gioia ranks #5,407 for baby girls with 23 births, holding steady (+3%). All told, over 759 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Gioia
Gioia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1925 and has accumulated 759 births in the dataset. Gioia's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #2,921. Use the chart and map above to compare Gioia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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