Ioanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yoh-AH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Ioanna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Ioanna mean?
Hebrew: Greek form of Joanna
“God is gracious”
The Greek feminine of Ioannis (John).
Is Ioanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Ioanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ioanna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Ioanna, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 11 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Ioanna than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Ioanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Ioanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Ioanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Ioanna, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had more girls named Ioanna than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Ioanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 girls in the US were given Ioanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,690, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
- Johana 80
- Ioanna 20
Ioanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
Nicknames for Ioanna
Names like Ioanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sienna Isabella Kiara Eliana Layla Ava Eden Eliza Ariella Fatima Noa Isla
Other spellings of Ioanna
Names related to Ioanna
More Hebrew names
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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, “Ioanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ioanna, updated 20 October 2026.