# Ivana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ivana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,042 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,042 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 532, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From various Slavic languages, such as Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Russian Ивана (Ivana). Doublet of Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 228 | 1,081 |
| 2012 | 184 | 1,292 |
| 2013 | 184 | 1,283 |
| 2014 | 163 | 1,404 |
| 2015 | 184 | 1,305 |
| 2016 | 209 | 1,194 |
| 2017 | 191 | 1,245 |
| 2018 | 200 | 1,194 |
| 2019 | 211 | 1,143 |
| 2020 | 223 | 1,095 |
| 2021 | 206 | 1,185 |
| 2022 | 231 | 1,084 |
| 2023 | 223 | 1,099 |
| 2024 | 226 | 1,092 |
| 2025 | 217 | 1,102 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,608 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,583 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,537 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,456 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,204 |
| 2016 | 28 | 1,211 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,817 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,854 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,267 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,505 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,282 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,206 |
| 2024 | 32 | 1,065 |
| 2025 | 38 | 922 |

## People named Ivana

- Ivana Trump, Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
- Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian writer (1874–1938)
- Ivana Miličević, Bosnian actress
- Ivana Bodrožić, Croatian writer
- Ivana Lisjak, Croatian tennis player
- Ivana Chýlková, Czech actress
- Ivana Brkljačić, female Croatian hammer-thrower
- Ivana Banfić, Croatian pop singer
- Ivana Maletić, Croatian politician
- Ivana Večeřová, Czech basketball player (born 1979)
- Ivana Janečková, Czech ski runner and Olympian
- Ivana Kapitanović, Croatian handball player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.