Joana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- joh-AN-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,583 for girls
Joana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,583rd for girls in the US (67 babies).
What does Joana mean?
Hebrew: Portuguese and Catalan form of Joanna
“God is gracious”
The Portuguese form of Joanna, ultimately a feminine form of John.
Is Joana a girl's or a boy's name?
Joana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 67 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Joana, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Joana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Joana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Joana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,583rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 67 about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 67 girls in the US were named Joana, making it the 2,583rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,341st. Its busiest year was 2001, with 357 girls. It first appears in the records in 1896.
Half of all the girls named Joana in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,583 |
| 2024 | 68 | #2,585 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,757 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 75 | #2,341 |
| 2019 | 84 | #2,193 |
| 2018 | 89 | #2,130 |
| 2017 | 85 | #2,221 |
| 2016 | 73 | #2,479 |
| 2015 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2014 | 73 | #2,469 |
| 2013 | 84 | #2,211 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,886 |
| 2011 | 126 | #1,671 |
| 2010 | 149 | #1,500 |
| 2009 | 167 | #1,408 |
| 2008 | 207 | #1,222 |
| 2007 | 274 | #979 |
| 2006 | 260 | #996 |
| 2005 | 279 | #899 |
| 2004 | 291 | #845 |
| 2003 | 327 | #758 |
| 2002 | 263 | #870 |
| 2001 | 357 | #698 |
| 2000 | 240 | #909 |
| 1999 | 157 | #1,210 |
| 1998 | 135 | #1,310 |
| 1997 | 168 | #1,116 |
| 1996 | 167 | #1,098 |
| 1995 | 177 | #1,028 |
| 1994 | 205 | #920 |
| 1993 | 184 | #1,004 |
| 1992 | 188 | #1,002 |
| 1991 | 202 | #940 |
| 1990 | 213 | #898 |
| 1989 | 175 | #983 |
| 1988 | 152 | #1,050 |
| 1987 | 125 | #1,172 |
| 1986 | 123 | #1,157 |
| 1985 | 148 | #1,019 |
| 1984 | 113 | #1,173 |
| 1983 | 89 | #1,346 |
| 1982 | 90 | #1,363 |
| 1981 | 106 | #1,227 |
| 1980 | 107 | #1,227 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,147 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,572 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,976 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,210 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,456 |
| 1974 | 33 | #2,348 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,629 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,222 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 33 | #2,307 |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,585 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,706 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,822 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,724 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,879 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,899 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
Nicknames for Joana
Names like Joana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Mia, Fatima, Ava, Isabella, Eliana, Gabriella, Francesca, Maria, Lara, Athena, Olivia
Names related to Joana
Joanna, Jana, Joanie, Joanne, Johanna, Joan, Janna, Janae, Juana, Johana
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
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, “Joana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joana, updated 20 October 2026.