Giovana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jo-VAN-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Giovana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Giovana mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Giovanna; Italian feminine of Giovanni (John)
“God is gracious”
Italian feminine form of John, from the Hebrew Yochanan.
Meaning borrowed from Giovanna.
Is Giovana a girl's or a boy's name?
Giovana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Giovana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 3 girls.
Giovana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
How popular is Giovana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Giovana, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Giovana in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 313 girls in the US were given Giovana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #822, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
- Giovanna 304
- Giovana 9
Giovana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,408 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 46 | #3,042 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
Nicknames for Giovana
Names like Giovana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maria, Manuela, Ava, Eliza, Jessica, Joanna, Isabella, Gabriella, Gianna, Alora, Sefora, Lola
Other spellings of Giovana
Names related to Giovana
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Giovana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/giovana, updated 20 October 2026.