Joanna
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Joanna
Joanna derives from the Greek name Ioanna, which in turn came from the Hebrew name Yohannah. It is featured in the New Testament as a woman who accompanied Jesus on his travels and eventually reached saint status. Other names related to Joanna include Joan, Joanne, Johanna, and Jana.
The most usable name in her family (in English speaking countries, that is) Joanna has been unobtrusively fashionable since the 1980s and continues to be appreciated for its New Testament history and its melodious three-syllable sound, though the simpler Anna ranks much higher. Joanna was most popular in the mid-80s, when she made it into the Top 100.
Audrey Hepburn played a lovely Joanna in the film Two for the Road and Keira Knightley embodied it in Last Night. Both O. Henry and William Faulkner used it for characters.
The rhythmic Joanna is our choice over Johanna and Joanne.
Joanna is also given to boys.
Pronounced joh-AN-uh.
As of October 2026, Joanna ranked #306 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #88 in 1984, Nameberry popularity #263.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #325 | 1,022 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #306 | 1,065 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #247 | 1,274 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #234 | 1,352 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #213 | 1,454 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #254 | 1,280 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #256 | 1,175 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #290 | 1,101 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #321 | 1,002 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #339 | 918 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #329 | 942 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #306 | 997 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Joanna on lists
Famous Joannas
- Joanna of Castile and LeonGirl
Queen consort of Philip I of Castile
- Joanna IGirl
Queen of Naples
- Joanna of AustriaGirl
Grand Duchess of Tuscany
- Joanna of RosenthalGirl
Queen consort of Bohemia as wife of George of Poděbrady
- Joanna KernsGirl
American actress
- Joanna RussGirl
American novelist and feminist academic
- JoAnna GarciaGirl
Swisher, American actress
- Joanna Lamond LumleyGirl
English actress
- Joanna Virginia CassidyGirl
American actress
- Joanna Caroline NewsomGirl
American singer,songwriter
- Joanna Lea (Stevens) GainesGirl
American TV personality ("Fixer Upper")
- Joanna LohmanGirl
American soccer player
- Joanna KrupaGirl
Polish,American model
- Joanna Noëlle Blagden "JoJo" LevesqueGirl
American singer and actress
- Joanna Gleason (born Joanne Hall)Girl
Canadian actress and singer
- Joanna Louisa ColesGirl
English magazine editor
- Joanna RowsellGirl
English cyclist
- Joanna Honorata BrodzikGirl
Polish actress
- Joanna Chmielewska (Irena Barbara Kuhn)Girl
Polish writer and architect
- Joanna HorodyńskaGirl
Polish model and stylist
- Joanna Natalia JabłczyńskaGirl
Polish actress
- Joanna JędrykaGirl
Polish actress
- Joanna (Cleo) KlepkoGirl
Polish singer
- Joanna Grażyna KluzikGirl
Rostkowska, Polish politician and deputy
Joanna in pop culture
- Joanna ChambersGirl
character in the Power of Five series by Anthony Horowitz
- Joanna DarkGirl
main character in video game "Perfect Dark"
- "Joanna FrancesaGirl
" 1957 Brazilian film and its main character
- "JoannaGirl
" 1968 British film and its main character
- Joanna LannisterGirl
wife of Tywin Lannister in the Game of Thrones series
- JoannaGirl
lizard in Disney's "The Rescuers Down Under"
- Joanna WallaceGirl
character in film "Two for the Road"
- Joanna ReedGirl
character in film "Last Night"
- Joanna BeauchampGirl
character in the Witches of East End series
- Joanna McCoyGirl
daughter of Leonard McCoy on TV's "Star Trek"
- "The Cloning of Joanna MayGirl
" science fiction novel by Fay Weldon
- Joanna "Jo" ParrishGirl
police constable on Australian TV series "Blue Heelers"
- Joanna Marie "Jo" PolniaczekGirl
character on TV's "The Facts of Life"
- Joanna ReeceGirl
character on TV's "Forever"
- Joanna MillsGirl
character in film "The Return"
- Joanna Beth HarvelleGirl
character on TV's "Supernatural"
- Joanna "Joey" DraytonGirl
character in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
- Joanna Wellick (nee Olafson)Girl
character in "Mr. Robot"
- Joanna Forsythe (nee Clark)Girl
character in DC Universe
- "JoannaGirl
" song by Canadian band Hawk Nelson
- Joanna EberhartGirl
character in Ira Levin's 'The Stepford Wives' and is portrayed by Katharine Ross in Bryan Forbes' adaption.