Meaning not yet researched.
Joanna: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 997 in 2025. Its best rank was #88 in 1984.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #88 in 1984; #306 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Joanna in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#306 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1984, at #88.
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Joanna: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 997 girls in 2025. Peak: #88 in 1984 · most girls in one year: 3,332 (1984).
In 2025, 997 US girls were named Joanna, making it the 306th most common girls’ name of the year, up 23 places from #329 in 2024. That is 52 more than the 945 girls named Joanna in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #88, reached in 1984. That year also had the most girls given the name: 3,332. For comparison, it was #306 in 2015 and #364 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Joanna in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 26 babies with the name. In all, 112,067 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 22,370 babies named Joanna.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 11,500 US girls were named Joanna; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 1,454. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,612 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Joanna ranked highest in Hawaii in 2025, at #103 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Joan (488,939 babies since 1880), Joanne (212,474 babies since 1880), Jenna (148,842 babies since 1880) and Johanna (54,376 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jona, Joyanna and Yoanna are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Hannah, Jo, Joan, Jodi and Jody.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and Polish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jona (2,277), Joyanna (772), Yoanna (673), Ioanna (592), Joeanna (485), Joannah (430), Jonnae (280), Johnnae (195), Juanna (138), Johonna (121), Johnnay (85), Jonnah (62), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 10 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 8 | #103 | #145 |
| Delaware | 5 | #195 | — |
| Nebraska | 11 | #214 | — |
| Ohio | 53 | #217 | #364 |
| Virginia | 36 | #225 | #228 |
| Washington | 30 | #242 | #256 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #251 | — |
| Missouri | 25 | #251 | #583 |
| Pennsylvania | 44 | #252 | #383 |
| Oregon | 15 | #252 | #301 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | #254 | #370 |
| North Carolina | 41 | #268 | #280 |
| Kansas | 12 | #271 | #177 |
| Georgia | 37 | #273 | #267 |
| South Carolina | 19 | #274 | #404 |
| Kentucky | 16 | #278 | #385 |
| Illinois | 38 | #282 | #272 |
| Wisconsin | 19 | #283 | #336 |
| Arizona | 25 | #288 | #352 |
| Michigan | 31 | #288 | #469 |
| West Virginia | 6 | #289 | — |
| California | 109 | #297 | #218 |
| Colorado | 20 | #311 | #313 |
| Indiana | 22 | #324 | #322 |
| Idaho | 7 | #326 | — |
| Texas | 104 | #326 | #307 |
| Alabama | 15 | #331 | #467 |
| Iowa | 10 | #336 | — |
| Massachusetts | 17 | #342 | #283 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #344 | #352 |
| Maryland | 16 | #344 | #217 |
| Arkansas | 9 | #351 | #373 |
| Tennessee | 22 | #370 | #322 |
| Florida | 50 | #371 | #442 |
| Minnesota | 14 | #385 | #250 |
| Louisiana | 9 | #510 | #713 |
| New York | 30 | #560 | #248 |
| Nevada | 5 | #560 | #340 |
| Utah | 7 | #564 | #775 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #574 | #394 |
| New Jersey | 10 | #742 | #345 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 997 | #306 | — | — |
| 2024 | 945 | #329 | — | — |
| 2023 | 918 | #339 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,002 | #321 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,101 | #291 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,176 | #256 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,281 | #254 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,454 | #213 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,352 | #235 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,274 | #248 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,065 | #306 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,022 | #325 | 5 | #12,983 |
| 2013 | 945 | #343 | — | — |
| 2012 | 974 | #323 | — | — |
| 2011 | 976 | #323 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,066 | #305 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,106 | #302 | 5 | #13,384 |
| 2008 | 1,194 | #283 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,392 | #252 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1,289 | #256 | — | — |
| 2005 | 1,167 | #284 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1,280 | #251 | 8 | #8,502 |
| 2003 | 1,303 | #252 | 6 | #10,178 |
| 2002 | 1,335 | #239 | — | — |
| 2001 | 1,555 | #206 | 5 | #11,392 |
| 2000 | 1,349 | #238 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1,327 | #238 | 7 | #8,266 |
| 1998 | 1,281 | #240 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,409 | #208 | — | — |
| 1996 | 1,405 | #209 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1,597 | #185 | 8 | #6,658 |
| 1994 | 1,624 | #183 | 7 | #7,319 |
| 1993 | 1,638 | #177 | 11 | #5,173 |
| 1992 | 1,825 | #167 | 14 | #4,218 |
| 1991 | 1,951 | #152 | 11 | #4,927 |
| 1990 | 2,230 | #138 | 11 | #4,830 |
| 1989 | 2,116 | #142 | 16 | #3,527 |
| 1988 | 2,206 | #131 | 15 | #3,432 |
| 1987 | 2,056 | #133 | 20 | #2,675 |
| 1986 | 2,227 | #126 | 20 | #2,642 |
| 1985 | 2,772 | #99 | 23 | #2,325 |
| 1984 | 3,332 | #88 | 21 | #2,396 |
| 1983 | 2,120 | #139 | 7 | #5,175 |
| 1982 | 1,834 | #161 | 14 | #3,196 |
| 1981 | 1,828 | #154 | 10 | #3,987 |
| 1980 | 1,725 | #163 | 8 | #4,709 |
| 1979 | 1,388 | #193 | 10 | #3,931 |
| 1978 | 1,349 | #190 | 7 | #4,775 |
| 1977 | 1,565 | #173 | — | — |
| 1976 | 1,718 | #152 | 7 | #4,654 |
| 1975 | 1,699 | #158 | 6 | #5,099 |
| 1974 | 1,772 | #155 | 7 | #4,379 |
| 1973 | 1,664 | #166 | — | — |
| 1972 | 1,423 | #198 | — | — |
| 1971 | 1,372 | #222 | — | — |
| 1970 | 1,331 | #236 | 5 | #5,073 |
| 1969 | 1,217 | #244 | 5 | #4,693 |
| 1968 | 1,036 | #261 | — | — |
| 1967 | 859 | #292 | 7 | #3,399 |
| 1966 | 890 | #284 | — | — |
| 1965 | 910 | #293 | — | — |
| 1964 | 877 | #315 | — | — |
| 1963 | 888 | #313 | — | — |
| 1962 | 834 | #325 | — | — |
| 1961 | 865 | #321 | — | — |
| 1960 | 820 | #329 | — | — |
| 1959 | 755 | #348 | — | — |
| 1958 | 665 | #358 | — | — |
| 1957 | 582 | #375 | — | — |
| 1956 | 482 | #413 | — | — |
| 1955 | 455 | #414 | — | — |
| 1954 | 471 | #400 | — | — |
| 1953 | 411 | #430 | — | — |
| 1952 | 407 | #424 | — | — |
| 1951 | 445 | #388 | — | — |
| 1950 | 478 | #364 | — | — |
| 1949 | 463 | #366 | — | — |
| 1948 | 515 | #342 | — | — |
| 1947 | 509 | #357 | — | — |
| 1946 | 498 | #332 | — | — |
| 1945 | 426 | #333 | — | — |
| 1944 | 453 | #317 | — | — |
| 1943 | 514 | #307 | — | — |
| 1942 | 502 | #308 | — | — |
| 1941 | 417 | #321 | — | — |
| 1940 | 412 | #314 | — | — |
| 1939 | 390 | #313 | — | — |
| 1938 | 427 | #304 | — | — |
| 1937 | 438 | #297 | — | — |
| 1936 | 361 | #324 | — | — |
| 1935 | 424 | #293 | — | — |
| 1934 | 480 | #281 | — | — |
| 1933 | 367 | #327 | — | — |
| 1932 | 337 | #346 | — | — |
| 1931 | 331 | #351 | — | — |
| 1930 | 359 | #351 | — | — |
| 1929 | 273 | #401 | — | — |
| 1928 | 285 | #398 | — | — |
| 1927 | 239 | #449 | — | — |
| 1926 | 281 | #406 | — | — |
| 1925 | 236 | #452 | — | — |
| 1924 | 208 | #484 | — | — |
| 1923 | 199 | #492 | — | — |
| 1922 | 185 | #514 | — | — |
| 1921 | 160 | #569 | — | — |
| 1920 | 167 | #554 | — | — |
| 1919 | 165 | #533 | — | — |
| 1918 | 180 | #510 | — | — |
| 1917 | 170 | #508 | — | — |
| 1916 | 168 | #500 | — | — |
| 1915 | 147 | #516 | — | — |
| 1914 | 81 | #644 | — | — |
| 1913 | 94 | #529 | — | — |
| 1912 | 73 | #563 | — | — |
| 1911 | 59 | #550 | — | — |
| 1910 | 49 | #596 | — | — |
| 1909 | 48 | #556 | — | — |
| 1908 | 54 | #496 | — | — |
| 1907 | 32 | #670 | — | — |
| 1906 | 40 | #558 | — | — |
| 1905 | 41 | #539 | — | — |
| 1904 | 37 | #550 | — | — |
| 1903 | 45 | #478 | — | — |
| 1902 | 26 | #658 | — | — |
| 1901 | 31 | #552 | — | — |
| 1900 | 37 | #573 | — | — |
| 1899 | 40 | #461 | — | — |
| 1898 | 42 | #477 | — | — |
| 1897 | 50 | #417 | — | — |
| 1896 | 37 | #480 | — | — |
| 1895 | 29 | #551 | — | — |
| 1894 | 44 | #421 | — | — |
| 1893 | 36 | #445 | — | — |
| 1892 | 42 | #409 | — | — |
| 1891 | 36 | #417 | — | — |
| 1890 | 33 | #454 | — | — |
| 1889 | 27 | #480 | — | — |
| 1888 | 37 | #406 | — | — |
| 1887 | 32 | #383 | — | — |
| 1886 | 35 | #361 | — | — |
| 1885 | 40 | #322 | — | — |
| 1884 | 24 | #412 | — | — |
| 1883 | 33 | #308 | — | — |
| 1882 | 15 | #481 | — | — |
| 1881 | 21 | #364 | — | — |
| 1880 | 26 | #313 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).