Joia
Jóia is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. As of 2020, the estimated population was 8,566.
Meaning & Origin of Joia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jóia is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. As of 2020, the estimated population was 8,566.
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The Story of Joia
American parents first put Joia on the record books as a baby girl name in 1968, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1988, when 40 Joias were born — ranking #2,646 that year. About 31% of every Joia on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Joia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 477 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Joia
Joia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 477 births in the dataset. Joia's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #2,646. Use the chart and map above to compare Joia'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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