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Joanna

“God is gracious” — Hebrew via Greek and Latin origin

Girl's name · #306 in the US (2025) · 80s

Joanna has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #88 (1984) · 111,761 babies named Joanna all-time · 1 in 1,600 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: #76 in Poland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 43 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Joannas

• Joanna of Bourbon — Queen of France
• Joanna Lumley — British actress and former model
• Joanna I of Naples — Queen of Naples (1326-1382)
• Joanna la Beltraneja — Castillian infanta and queen, queen consort of Portugal
• Joanna Newsom — American musician (b. 1982)

In stories & tradition

• Joanna, wife of Chuza — human biblical figure
• Joanna Dark — Perfect Dark · Perfect Dark Zero
• Joanna Cargill — X-Factor

What Joannas become

Among 1,854 notable people named Joanna:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.79× more often than among typical names — e.g. Joanna Haigh, British physicist and academic.

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