NameTides

Joanna

Joanna was the #306 girls' name in the US in 2025 (997 babies), and #514 in England & Wales and #466 in Canada.

Joanna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Joanna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandScotlandCanadaNorthern IrelandEngland & Wales
Joanna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#306 (997)#514 (78)#359 (9)#397 (3)#352 (11)#466 (66)—
2024#329 (945)#488 (82)#384 (8)#407 (3)#504 (7)#374 (81)—
2023#339 (918)#555 (70)#365 (9)#328 (4)#404 (9)#417 (70)—
2022#321 (1,002)#596 (64)#531 (5)#305 (5)#357 (11)#391 (77)—
2021#290 (1,101)#603 (64)#792 (3)#266 (6)#336 (12)#392 (82)—
2020#256 (1,176)#478 (84)#471 (6)—#336 (12)#304 (103)—
2019#254 (1,281)#458 (92)#286 (13)#200 (9)#347 (12)#313 (101)—
2018#213 (1,454)#386 (116)#502 (6)#273 (6)#361 (12)#271 (120)—
2017#234 (1,352)#439 (100)#369 (9)—#260 (18)#268 (121)—
2016#247 (1,274)#382 (119)#356 (10)#276 (6)#335 (13)#368 (95)—
2015#305 (1,065)#402 (113)#318 (12)#426 (3)#362 (13)#287 (116)—
2014#324 (1,022)#354 (130)#430 (8)#247 (7)#253 (20)#323 (103)—
2013#342 (945)#442 (95)#344 (11)#440 (3)#246 (21)#365 (89)—
2012#323 (974)#379 (124)#370 (10)#268 (7)#280 (18)#355 (92)—
2011#323 (976)#364 (130)#334 (11)#246 (7)#266 (19)#421 (76)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1984 at #88.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Joanna is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Joanna by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #274WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #239WAIdaho: #308IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #377MNIllinois: #276ILMichigan: #284MINew York: #548NYMassachusetts: #334MAOregon: #243ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #317INOhio: #217OHPennsylvania: #251PANew Jersey: #718NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #296CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #298CONebraska: #200NEMissouri: #250MOKentucky: #275KYWest Virginia: #273WVVirginia: #224VAMaryland: #327MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #282AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #256KSArkansas: #335ARTennessee: #364TNNorth Carolina: #265NCSouth Carolina: #265SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #247OKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #318ALGeorgia: #269GAHawaii: #92HITexas: #325TXFlorida: #367FL
Joanna (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#25050

Joanna (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JoannaCanadaGirls#46666
JoannaEngland & WalesGirls#51478
JoannaIrelandGirls#35211
JoannaNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
JoannaNSWGirls—too few
JoannaScotlandGirls#3599
JoannaUSGirls#306997
JoannaUSBoys—too few