# Joana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/joana/  
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 | 7,944 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,944 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 329, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 126 | 1,677 |
| 2012 | 106 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 84 | 2,225 |
| 2014 | 73 | 2,487 |
| 2015 | 78 | 2,364 |
| 2016 | 73 | 2,493 |
| 2017 | 85 | 2,230 |
| 2018 | 89 | 2,138 |
| 2019 | 84 | 2,210 |
| 2020 | 75 | 2,359 |
| 2021 | 64 | 2,689 |
| 2022 | 70 | 2,541 |
| 2023 | 62 | 2,775 |
| 2024 | 68 | 2,596 |
| 2025 | 67 | 2,596 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,782 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Joana

- Joana Preiss, French actress
- Joana Mallwitz, German conductor
- Joana Fomm, Brazilian actress
- Joana Prado, Brazilian model
- Joana Lina, Angolan politician
- Joana Costa, Brazilian pole vaulter
- Joanna of Aragon, Countess of Foix, Aragonese infanta (1375-1407)
- Joan of Anjou, Queen of Armenia, Armenian queen consort
- Joan of Lusignan, French noble

## 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.