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Joanie

Gender
Girl
Say it
JOH-nee
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#914 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,719 for girls

Joanie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 914th for girls in the UK (41 babies) and 2,719th for girls in the US (63 babies).

What does Joanie mean?

Hebrew: pet form of Joan

“God is gracious”

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Is Joanie a girl's or a boy's name?

Joanie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 girls in the UK and 63 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Joanie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#914among girls
Babies in 2025
41about 1 in 6,800 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 41 girls in the UK were named Joanie, making it the 914th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,180th.

2025 had the most girls named Joanie of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Joanie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 171 girls in the UK were given Joanie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #301, up from #914 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 951st in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 41 in 20252025
Joanie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202541#914
202427#1,288
202328#1,247
202227#1,283
202135#1,054
202030#1,180
201927#1,285
201822#1,524
201731#1,186
201618#1,781
201511#2,458
201411#2,462
20138#3,060
201216#1,914
201113#2,152
20105#4,220
20098#2,909
20088#2,895
20075#3,858
20060–
20054#4,150
20044#3,916
20035#3,233
20025#3,047
20010–
20003#4,074
19990–
19981#5,152
19970–
19963#3,935

How popular is Joanie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,719among girls
Babies in 2025
63about 1 in 26,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 64% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 63 girls in the US were named Joanie, making it the 2,719th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 209 girls. It first appears in the records in 1931.

2025 had more girls named Joanie than any year since 1986.

Half of all the girls named Joanie in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 183 girls in the US were given Joanie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,115, up from #2,719 for this spelling alone.

1931Busiest: 209 in 19572025
Joanie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202563#2,719
202449#3,225
202350#3,225
202240#3,763
202137#3,933
202026#4,878
201942#3,610
201831#4,457
201727#4,920
201617#6,898
201524#5,456
201423#5,623
201326#5,141
201215#7,800
201115#7,779
201013#8,697
200925#5,535
200820#6,556
200717#7,390
200623#5,708
200512#8,878
200428#4,703
200312#8,500
200216#6,692
200116#6,614
200015#6,802
199915#6,478
199824#4,489
199717#5,622
199625#4,179
199522#4,513
199424#4,233
199326#3,982
199228#3,767
199132#3,363
199044#2,635
198946#2,473
198854#2,126
198762#1,859
198663#1,801
198568#1,690
198486#1,368
1983129#1,071
1982176#876
1981130#1,079
1980132#1,068
1979133#1,047
1978135#1,006
1977120#1,079
1976134#949
197574#1,415
197441#2,029
197332#2,349
197244#1,890
197153#1,709
197055#1,681
196966#1,440
196881#1,210
196790#1,097
196687#1,135
1965109#996
1964129#920
1963140#887
1962140#893
1961168#809
1960140#877
1959183#751
1958171#760
1957209#683
1956183#706
1955165#737
1954125#840
195393#993
195270#1,128
195150#1,313
195049#1,301
194927#1,844
194842#1,421
194747#1,336
194638#1,418
194525#1,659
194437#1,314
194317#2,150
194231#1,471
194127#1,501
194014#2,202
193915#2,125
193814#2,225
19378#3,145
19360–
193510#2,729
193412#2,423
193310#2,687
19329#3,045
193112#2,425

Names like Joanie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Joanie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joanie, updated 20 October 2026.