Girls' name · since 1896
Joana
Joana has 7,944 recorded births since 1896 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,923 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,584 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,944
- born since 1896
- 2000s
- peak decade
7,944 babies have been named Joana since 1896, making it today's #2584 girls' name.
Joana has 7,944 recorded births among girls since 1896, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2584 as of the latest data, more common than 85% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1896 to 2025.
- #1,923 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,584 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,944 born since 1896
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joana ranks #1,923 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,584 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,944 born since 1896, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,923 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,584 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,944
- born since 1896
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joana's 7,944 recorded births place it above 97.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Joana compares
7,944 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Joana's all-time total is 21x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,944 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 357 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joana's full recorded timeline at 1973, 92% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 8% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1896, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 357 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1896–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 357
- Annual births at peak, across 130 years of records
Joana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,665 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Joana's strongest decade.
2,665 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Joana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1910s 14
1910s
14 births
- 1920s 51
1920s
51 births
- 1930s 96
1930s
96 births
- 1940s 91
1940s
91 births
- 1950s 121
1950s
121 births
- 1960s 174
1960s
174 births
- 1970s 350
1970s
350 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,228 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,796 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,665 births
- 2010s 947
2010s
947 births
- 2020s 406
2020s
406 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,665 births (34% of all-time use).
How Joana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Joana's total volume
Joana by state
Where Joana concentrates geographically, total births since 1896
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,582 | 32.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,123 | 14.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 468 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 313 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 309 | 3.9% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 126 | 1.6% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 124 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 112 | 1.4% |
2,582 of 7,944 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Joana appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Joana's data
- Joana's decade-level peak was the 2000s (2,665 total births); usage has since declined to 406 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Joanas (2,582 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~129 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1896–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Joana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.