Yanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YAH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Yanna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Yanna mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Yana; Slavic feminine form of John
“God is gracious”
A Slavic feminine form of John, used in Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria.
Meaning borrowed from Yana. More on Wiktionary.
Is Yanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Yanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yanna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Yanna, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 5 girls.
In 2025, 100 girls in the UK were given Yanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #441, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Yanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Yanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Yanna, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Yanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 364 girls in the US were given Yanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #747, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Yanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
Names like Yanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Raya, Ayla, Hawa, Hafsa, Ava, Hiba, Yusra, Amira, Hana, Eliana, Iqra
Other spellings of Yanna
Names related to Yanna
Anna, Ann, Iyana, Yoana, Eyana, Yan, Iyanna, Annya, Yohanna, Annia
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Yanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yanna, updated 20 October 2026.