girls:
691 births since 1925
#5025 (12th percentile)
overall:
691 births since 1925
#7048 (9th percentile)
The name Gioia is the #7,048 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 691 recorded births since 1925. This represents the 8.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,025 (12.1% percentile) for all time with 691 births since 1925.
Gioia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1925 (first recorded for girls in 1925). Birth data for Gioia is available in 62 out of the 99 years between 1925 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Gioia reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #937) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Gioia ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 93.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gioia".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Gioia", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 5 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Joya" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Joya..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Gioia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.7% confident that Gioia is pronounced as JOY-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JOH-yuh, at 18.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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