Croia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KREE-a
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #460 for girls
Big in ScotlandBig in Northern Ireland
Croia is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 460th for girls in the UK (95 babies).
Where does Croia come from?
Irish: modern name, apparently from Irish croi, 'heart'
Is Croia a girl's or a boy's name?
Croia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 95 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Croia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #460among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 95about 1 in 2,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 95 girls in the UK were named Croia, making it the 460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most girls named Croia of any year since it first appeared, in 2019.
Half of all the girls named Croia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 111 girls in the UK were given Croia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #409, up from #460 for this spelling alone.
- Croia 95
- Croiadh 16
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,229th in England and Wales, 429th in Scotland and 19th in Northern Ireland.
Croia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #460 |
| 2024 | 84 | #520 |
| 2023 | 55 | #710 |
| 2022 | 46 | #836 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
Names like Croia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dua Rosa Alora Coco Cora Cecilia Flora Aria Esme Maeve Margot Lucia
Other spellings of Croia
Names related to Croia
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Croia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/croia, updated 20 October 2026.