Joanna

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from Koine Greek: Ἰωάννα, romanized: Iōanna from Hebrew: יוֹחָנָה, romanized: Yôḥānāh, lit. 'God is gracious'. Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna.

From Wikipedia

Joanna first appears in the data in 1976 and has been recorded in 6 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1982 with 82 babies (rank #98 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Joanna

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Joanna yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

178

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Joanna

Joanna Lumleyradio drama actor · b. 1946
Joanna Newsomrecording artist · b. 1982
Joanna Cassidyfilm actor · b. 1945
Joanna la Beltranejanun · b. 1462
Joanna Russwriter of feminist science fiction · b. 1937

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1976	76	#99
1982	82	#98
2014	6	#271
2015	4	#363
2016	6	#274
2017	4	#356