Joana — #2577 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Joana

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,877 babies named Joana between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joana currently holds the #2577 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 357 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,665 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Joana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,569 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Joana in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 7,877 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.