Jovana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YOH-vah-nah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Jovana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Jovana mean?
Hebrew: Serbian and Macedonian feminine of Jovan (John)
“God is gracious”
Feminine of Jovan, the Serbian form of John; in Serbian the J is said like an English Y.
Is Jovana a girl's or a boy's name?
Jovana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jovana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 9 girls.
Jovana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Jovana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Jovana, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 185 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer girls named Jovana than any year since 1975.
Half of all the girls named Jovana in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jovana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,359 |
| 2009 | 44 | #3,618 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 53 | #3,135 |
| 2005 | 64 | #2,632 |
| 2004 | 72 | #2,367 |
| 2003 | 78 | #2,200 |
| 2002 | 76 | #2,175 |
| 2001 | 185 | #1,131 |
| 2000 | 59 | #2,541 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 62 | #2,276 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,773 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 55 | #2,362 |
| 1994 | 58 | #2,250 |
| 1993 | 112 | #1,436 |
| 1992 | 65 | #2,073 |
| 1991 | 53 | #2,382 |
| 1990 | 59 | #2,169 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,324 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,774 |
| 1980 | 41 | #2,342 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,147 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
Names like Jovana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Ariana, Victoria, Alora, Francesca, Joanna, Maria, Aria, Mariama, Lucia, Serena, Eliana
Names related to Jovana
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Jovana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jovana, updated 20 October 2026.