Joana Girl
How popular is Joana?
#2,583 girl name in 2025
67 baby girls were named Joana in the US in 2025, making it the 2583rd most popular girl name.
Joana popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,583 for girls (▲ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 67 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,351 in 2015, #2,341 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (357 girls) |
| Highest rank | #698 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1896 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Joana counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Joanna family of names ranked #308 for girls in 2025 (#325 the year before), with 1,069 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Joanna | 997 | 93% |
| Joana | 67 | 6% |
| Joanah | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Joana is most popular
Babies named Joana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Joana by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1910s | 14 | #3,243 |
| 1920s | 51 | #2,736 |
| 1930s | 96 | #1,873 |
| 1940s | 91 | #2,879 |
| 1950s | 121 | #2,724 |
| 1960s | 174 | #2,585 |
| 1970s | 350 | #1,976 |
| 1980s | 1,228 | #983 |
| 1990s | 1,796 | #898 |
| 2000s | 2,665 | #698 |
| 2010s | 947 | #1,500 |
| 2020s | 406 | #2,341 |
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Questions
- Is Joana a boy or girl name?
- Joana is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Joana were girls.
- How popular is the name Joana?
- 67 baby girls were named Joana in the US in 2025, making it the 2583rd most popular girl name.
- When was Joana most popular?
- Joana peaked in 2001, when 357 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #698 in 2001.
- How many people are named Joana?
- 7,944 babies have been named Joana in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,617 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Joana most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Joana was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.