Joanna

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

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

Joanna reached #88 in 1984 and has eased to #306 since. About 112,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Jojo is a short form of Joanna.

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.

Similar names: Johanna · Alison · Joanne · Ana · Selena · Diana

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