Yoana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yoh-AH-nah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Yoana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Yoana mean?
Hebrew: Bulgarian and Spanish form of Joanna
“God is gracious”
A Bulgarian and Spanish form of Joanna, the feminine of John.
Is Yoana a girl's or a boy's name?
Yoana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yoana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Yoana, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Yoana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were given Yoana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,359, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Yoana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
How popular is Yoana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Yoana, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 93 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had fewer girls named Yoana than any year since 1983.
Half of all the girls named Yoana in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 102 girls in the US were given Yoana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,669, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Yoana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,360 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,125 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,778 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,727 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,804 |
| 2003 | 75 | #2,257 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2001 | 93 | #1,868 |
| 2000 | 63 | #2,422 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 1995 | 67 | #2,023 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 35 | #3,153 |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,732 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,324 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Yoana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota, Yumna, Yuna, Mika, Suki, Eliana, Sienna, Minha, Isabella, Ava, Fatima, Amara
Other spellings of Yoana
Names related to Yoana
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Yoana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yoana, updated 20 October 2026.