Girls' name · since 1974

Yovanna

340 babies named Yovanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#14,896 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,202 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
340
born since 1974
2000s
peak decade

340 babies have been named Yovanna since 1974, making it today's #12202 girls' name.

Social Security Administration records show Yovanna recorded 340 times among girls since 1974, holding rank #12202 nationally today, ahead of 29% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.

  • #14,896 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #12,202 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 340 born since 1974
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yovanna ranks #14,896 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,202 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 340 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.

#14,896 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,202 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
340
born since 1974
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%29.4%
Yovanna vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Yovanna's 340 recorded births place it above 79.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

2 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Yovanna compares

340 47th percentile among 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

Yovanna's all-time total is 10% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Yovanna Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 340 376 567,345
Peak-year births 27 21 19,840

Yovanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Yovanna's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Yovanna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2001)
27
Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
051015202530 197419871994199920042009201520222025 7

Yovanna by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (120 births, 35% of the file).

2000s was Yovanna's strongest decade.

120 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.

Yovanna births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 120 births (35% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Yovanna by state

Where Yovanna concentrates geographically, total births since 1974

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Yovanna
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
23 6.8%
#2 Texas
5 1.5%
California share of Yovanna's total US births 6.8%
Even split

23 of 340 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yovanna?
Since 1974, Social Security records show 340 babies named Yovanna. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #14,896 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #12,202 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2001, with 27 births.
Where does Yovanna sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yovanna ranks #14,896 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,202 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Yovanna most popular?
Yovanna was most popular in the 2000s decade with 120 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Yovanna most popular?
The top states for the name Yovanna are California (23 births), Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Yovanna been used?
The SSA has tracked Yovanna since 1974 -- 52 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Yovanna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yovana, Yovonda, Yovanka, Yovonne, and 2 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Yovanna's data

  • Yovanna's decade-level peak was the 2000s (120 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Yovannas (23 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.

Keep exploring Yovanna

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Yovanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1974–2025 (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 Yovanna 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.