Yoanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yoh-AH-nah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Yoanna 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 Yoanna mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Yoana; Bulgarian and Spanish form of Joanna
“God is gracious”
A Bulgarian and Spanish form of Joanna, the feminine of John.
Meaning borrowed from Yoana.
Is Yoanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Yoanna 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 Yoanna in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 7 girls.
Yoanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
How popular is Yoanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Yoanna, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Yoanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 102 girls in the US were given Yoanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,669, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Yoanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
Names like Yoanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabella Sienna Eliana Ava Eliza Kiara Fatima Gabriella Ariella Mia Sophia Amara
Other spellings of Yoanna
Names related to Yoanna
More Hebrew names
Noah Elijah James Jack Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Levi
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, “Yoanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yoanna, updated 20 October 2026.