How rare is the name Joana?

10,711 people in the United States have the first name Joana, about 1 in 28,198. It ranks #2,352 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

JOANA

#2,352

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,711
About
1 in 28,198
This common or more
79.5%
Who bears it

Of the 10,711 people named Joana, 66.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 19.1% as White and 8% as Black. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Joana peaked in 2001, when 357 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18962025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
357
In 2025*
67 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,944 babies have been given the name since 1896. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Joana by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,655. The largest share of babies named Joana, 44.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1890s#3,9395
1910s#9,16714
1920s#7,45651
1930s#4,82096
1940s#5,31291
1950s#5,266121
1960s#4,741174
1970s#3,679350
1980s#1,9391,228
1990s#1,8201,796
2000s#1,6552,665
2010s#3,685947
2020s#4,581406
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.7%
Silent Generation 1928–452.1%
Baby boom 1946–642.9%
Generation X 1965–807%
Millennials 1981–9630.9%
Generation Z 1997–1244.1%
2013 and later12.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Joana is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Joana has been most common in California (4.6×), Texas (2.6×), and Nevada (2.4×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.22×).

5,495 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Joana

2 other first names also have 10,711 people.

#2,352 Lady · 10,711#2,352 Miley · 10,711

Either side of Joana

#2,350 Oswaldo · 10,721#2,351 Lin · 10,717#2,352 Lady · 10,711#2,352 Miley · 10,711

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Joana, most common first.

#165 Joan · 306,627#372 Joann · 149,035#534 Joanna · 104,730#2,474 Johana · 9,968#3,755 Jonna · 5,311#6,152 Jona · 2,638#6,711 Johna · 2,361#9,960 Joane · 1,362

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