Croía
Say it: KREE-a
GirlIrishMeans heart5 letters2 syllables
#9
in Ireland (2025)
219
babies in 2025
#9
best rank (2025)
993
babies since 2010
Up 577
10-year rank change
Croía through the years
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| Year | Babies (girls) | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 219 | #9 |
| 2024 | 188 | #16 |
| 2023 | 169 | #23 |
| 2022 | 145 | #37 |
| 2021 | 119 | #50 |
| 2020 | 61 | #88 |
| 2019 | 32 | #162 |
| 2018 | 18 | #255 |
| 2017 | 8 | #473 |
| 2016 | 6 | #588 |
| 2015 | 6 | #586 |
| 2014 | 6 | #588 |
| 2013 | 9 | #464 |
| 2011 | 3 | #932 |
| 2010 | 4 | #758 |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0. Spellings with and without fadas are combined; the CSO only recorded fadas from 2018.
★ What does Croía mean?
Heart
A modern Irish-style name built on croí (heart).
Say it right
KREEa
The "oí" sounds like "ee", just as in the word croí.
Not:KROY-a
The story of Croía
Croía is built on the Irish word croí, meaning “heart”, which is also used as a term of endearment, much like “sweetheart”. The name is a recent creation rather than a traditional one, and at least one Irish-language writer has pointed out that croía is not itself a word in Irish. The plain word Croí has occasionally been used as a name too.
Its rise has been quick. Croía first appears in the CSO records in 2010, and there were only a handful of babies each year until 2018. It then climbed every year, reaching number 9 in 2025, when 219 girls were given the name. The CSO lists Croía, Croia and Croìa separately; these figures combine them, and Croía on its own was also number 9.
The name has caught on in Northern Ireland as well, where it ranked 19th in 2025.
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Sources
- Wiktionary: croí (Irish noun)
- Wikipedia: Croía
- CSO VSA60, Girls Names in Ireland with 3 or More Occurrences
- NISRA, Baby Names in Northern Ireland, full name list 1997-2025
At a glance
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Spellings counted here
| Spelling | 2025 | All years |
|---|---|---|
| Croía | 211 | 927 |
| Croìa | 5 | 5 |
| Croia | 3 | 61 |
In Northern Ireland
#19 in 2025 with 62 babies. Best rank #19 (2025); 213 babies since 2019.
Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.