Joanna Girl
How popular is Joanna?
#306 girl name in 2025
997 baby girls were named Joanna in the US in 2025, making it the 306th most popular girl name.
Joanna popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #306 for girls (▲ 23 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 997 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-6% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #305 in 2015, #256 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1984 (3,332 girls) |
| Highest rank | #88 in 1984 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Joanna 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 Joanna is most popular
Babies named Joanna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Joanna by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 290 | #306 |
| 1890s | 389 | #409 |
| 1900s | 391 | #478 |
| 1910s | 1,186 | #499 |
| 1920s | 2,233 | #397 |
| 1930s | 3,914 | #281 |
| 1940s | 4,709 | #307 |
| 1950s | 5,151 | #348 |
| 1960s | 9,196 | #244 |
| 1970s | 15,281 | #152 |
| 1980s | 22,216 | #88 |
| 1990s | 16,287 | #138 |
| 2000s | 12,970 | #206 |
| 2010s | 11,409 | #213 |
| 2020s | 6,139 | #256 |
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Questions
- Is Joanna a boy or girl name?
- Joanna is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Joanna were girls.
- How popular is the name Joanna?
- 997 baby girls were named Joanna in the US in 2025, making it the 306th most popular girl name.
- When was Joanna most popular?
- Joanna peaked in 1984, when 3,332 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #88 in 1984.
- How many people are named Joanna?
- 112,067 babies have been named Joanna in the US since 1880. We estimate about 99,245 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Joanna most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Joanna was most common in Kansas, at 1.3 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.