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 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1984 with 3,332 babies (rank #88 that year). In 2024 it was given to 942 girls (rank #329). 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.

111,062

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

3,332

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
1880	26	#313
1881	21	#364
1882	15	#481
1883	33	#308
1884	24	#412
1885	40	#322
1886	35	#361
1887	32	#383
1888	37	#406
1889	27	#480
1890	33	#454
1891	36	#417
1892	42	#409
1893	36	#445
1894	44	#421
1895	29	#551
1896	37	#480
1897	50	#417
1898	42	#477
1899	40	#461
1900	37	#573
1901	31	#552
1902	26	#658
1903	45	#478
1904	37	#550
1905	41	#539
1906	40	#558
1907	32	#670
1908	54	#496
1909	48	#556
1910	49	#596
1911	59	#550
1912	73	#563
1913	94	#529
1914	81	#644
1915	147	#516
1916	168	#500
1917	170	#508
1918	180	#510
1919	165	#533
1920	167	#554
1921	160	#569
1922	185	#514
1923	199	#492
1924	208	#484
1925	236	#452
1926	281	#406
1927	238	#451
1928	285	#398
1929	274	#401
1930	359	#351
1931	331	#351
1932	337	#346
1933	367	#327
1934	480	#281
1935	424	#293
1936	361	#324
1937	438	#297
1938	427	#304
1939	390	#313
1940	412	#314
1941	417	#321
1942	502	#308
1943	514	#307
1944	454	#317
1945	425	#333
1946	498	#332
1947	509	#357
1948	515	#342
1949	463	#366
1950	478	#364
1951	445	#388
1952	407	#424
1953	411	#430
1954	471	#400
1955	455	#414
1956	482	#413
1957	582	#375
1958	665	#358
1959	755	#347
1960	820	#329
1961	865	#321
1962	834	#325
1963	888	#313
1964	878	#315
1965	909	#293
1966	890	#284
1967	858	#292
1968	1,035	#261
1969	1,217	#244
1970	1,331	#236
1971	1,372	#222
1972	1,423	#198
1973	1,664	#166
1974	1,772	#155
1975	1,699	#158
1976	1,718	#152
1977	1,565	#173
1978	1,349	#190
1979	1,388	#193
1980	1,726	#163
1981	1,827	#154
1982	1,834	#161
1983	2,120	#139
1984	3,332	#88
1985	2,772	#99
1986	2,227	#126
1987	2,056	#133
1988	2,206	#131
1989	2,116	#142
1990	2,230	#138
1991	1,951	#152
1992	1,825	#167
1993	1,638	#177
1994	1,624	#183
1995	1,597	#185
1996	1,405	#209
1997	1,409	#208
1998	1,281	#240
1999	1,327	#238
2000	1,349	#238
2001	1,555	#206
2002	1,335	#239
2003	1,303	#252
2004	1,279	#251
2005	1,167	#284
2006	1,289	#256
2007	1,392	#252
2008	1,194	#283
2009	1,106	#302
2010	1,066	#305
2011	976	#323
2012	974	#323
2013	945	#343
2014	1,022	#325
2015	1,065	#306
2016	1,274	#247
2017	1,352	#234
2018	1,454	#213
2019	1,280	#254
2020	1,175	#256
2021	1,101	#290
2022	1,002	#321
2023	918	#339
2024	942	#329