Joia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOY-a
- Origin
- Portuguese
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Joia is a girls' name of Portuguese origin, meaning “jewel”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Joia mean?
Portuguese: Portuguese joia 'jewel'; also used as a form of Joy
“jewel”
In Portuguese and Catalan joia means 'jewel'; English speakers often treat it as an elaborated form of Joy.
Is Joia a girl's or a boy's name?
Joia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Joia, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had more girls named Joia than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Joia in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,641 |
| 1987 | 39 | #2,570 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Nicknames for Joia
- Joy 84 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Joia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dulce Ximena Ariana Lucero Xiomara Solana Marisol Itzel Sophia Lucia Alora Montserrat
Names related to Joia
More Portuguese names
Zaire Lua Vasco Romario Sereia Luar Diogo Evora Brazil Aires Mariaalice Marques Tavares Anajulia Tavaris Marialuiza
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Joia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joia, updated 20 October 2026.