Ianna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-AH-nuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Ianna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Ianna mean?
Hebrew: feminine of Ian, or a variant of Ioanna; both from John
“God is gracious”
Is Ianna a girl's or a boy's name?
Ianna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ianna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Ianna, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 59 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Ianna in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ianna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,266 |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,313 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,908 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,815 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,360 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,858 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,247 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,939 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,123 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
Names like Ianna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckenna, Ivanna, Briella, Kiara, Brianna, Sienna, Teagan, Fiona, Isabella, Cassidy, Kennedy, Elianna
Names related to Ianna
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Ianna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ianna, updated 20 October 2026.