Ioana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yo-AH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
Ioana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies).
What does Ioana mean?
Hebrew: Romanian form of Joanna
“God is gracious”
Is Ioana a girl's or a boy's name?
Ioana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ioana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Ioana, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 862nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 52 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Ioana than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Ioana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Ioana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,208 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 34 | #1,078 |
| 2020 | 45 | #862 |
| 2019 | 46 | #862 |
| 2018 | 42 | #942 |
| 2017 | 52 | #817 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 2015 | 32 | #1,160 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
Names like Ioana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa Eliza Layla Isabella Ava Isla Eliana Sienna Matilda Maria Aurora Eva
Names related to Ioana
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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ioana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ioana, updated 20 October 2026.