Yovana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yoh-VAH-nah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Yovana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Yovana mean?
Hebrew: feminine of Yovan; related to Jovana and Giovanna
“God is gracious”
Feminine counterpart of Yovan, related to Jovana and Giovanna, which are forms of Joanna.
Is Yovana a girl's or a boy's name?
Yovana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yovana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Yovana, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2001, with 61 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had more girls named Yovana than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Yovana in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yovana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 61 | #2,508 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Yovana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ximena, Sierra, Ariana, Samantha, Montana, Mariah, Solana, Isabella, Daniela, Alora, Xiomara, Eliana
Names related to Yovana
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Yovana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yovana, updated 20 October 2026.