How Many People Are Named Joana?
people named Joana are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 45,013 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,944 babies named Joana in Social Security records from 1896 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
357 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Portuguese and Catalan form of Iohanna (see JOANNA).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Joana in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Joana alive today is about 27 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Joana first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 2001, to 357 babies. In 2025, 67 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Joana has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #698, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #2,596.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,596 |
| Best rank | #698 (2001) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #934 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Joana alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Joana were born in California than in any other state: about 2,534 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Joana was given 3.2 times as often in California, 2.1 times in Texas and 1.3 times in New York.
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