Yovanna

Gender: Girl
Say it: yoh-VAH-nah
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #11,928 for girls

Yovanna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).

What does Yovanna mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Yovana; 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.

Meaning borrowed from Yovana.

Is Yovanna a girl's or a boy's name?

Yovanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Yovanna in the US?

Rank in 2025: 11,928th among girls
Babies in 2025: 7 about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Yovanna, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2001, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.

Half of all the girls named Yovanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1974Busiest: 27 in 20012025

Yovanna in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	7	#11,928
2024	5	#15,288
2023	0	–
2022	9	#10,377
2021	0	–
2020	0	–
2019	6	#13,793
2018	5	#15,677
2017	9	#10,685
2016	8	#11,776
2015	5	#16,413
2014	8	#11,925
2013	6	#14,577
2012	6	#14,956
2011	0	–
2010	9	#11,240
2009	10	#10,675
2008	5	#17,498
2007	10	#10,814
2006	11	#9,897
2005	8	#11,828
2004	11	#9,259
2003	13	#7,993
2002	16	#6,692
2001	27	#4,442
2000	9	#9,867
1999	11	#8,216
1998	11	#8,011
1997	8	#9,797
1996	8	#9,576
1995	13	#6,636
1994	8	#9,580
1993	17	#5,413
1992	8	#9,483
1991	7	#10,263
1990	0	–
1989	8	#8,755
1988	0	–
1987	5	#11,320
1986	0	–
1985	0	–
1984	0	–
1983	5	#10,272
1982	0	–
1981	7	#8,126
1980	8	#7,417
1979	0	–
1978	0	–
1977	0	–
1976	8	#6,609
1975	0	–
1974	5	#8,773