Jovanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- joh-VAH-nuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Jovanna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Jovanna mean?
Hebrew: variant of Giovanna or Jovana, feminine forms of John
“God is gracious”
Feminine form of John, close to Italian Giovanna and Serbian Jovana.
Is Jovanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Jovanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jovanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Jovanna, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 204 girls. It first appears in the records in 1935.
Half of all the girls named Jovanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jovanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 42 | #3,656 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 45 | #3,495 |
| 2010 | 56 | #3,009 |
| 2009 | 66 | #2,729 |
| 2008 | 73 | #2,557 |
| 2007 | 70 | #2,616 |
| 2006 | 71 | #2,555 |
| 2005 | 64 | #2,632 |
| 2004 | 92 | #1,997 |
| 2003 | 97 | #1,884 |
| 2002 | 132 | #1,443 |
| 2001 | 204 | #1,049 |
| 2000 | 89 | #1,896 |
| 1999 | 77 | #2,015 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,688 |
| 1997 | 72 | #1,980 |
| 1996 | 67 | #2,056 |
| 1995 | 65 | #2,078 |
| 1994 | 103 | #1,507 |
| 1993 | 136 | #1,256 |
| 1992 | 80 | #1,794 |
| 1991 | 85 | #1,704 |
| 1990 | 77 | #1,843 |
| 1989 | 79 | #1,713 |
| 1988 | 70 | #1,786 |
| 1987 | 72 | #1,677 |
| 1986 | 53 | #2,024 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,099 |
| 1984 | 61 | #1,771 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1982 | 44 | #2,250 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,231 |
| 1980 | 52 | #2,014 |
| 1979 | 45 | #2,187 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 33 | #2,557 |
| 1976 | 37 | #2,255 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
Nicknames for Jovanna
Names like Jovanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana, Ximena, Sierra, Xiomara, Joanna, Samantha, Marisol, Jessica, Solana, Dulce, Juliana, Alora
Names related to Jovanna
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jovanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jovanna, updated 20 October 2026.