Joanna is a familiar variant of Joan that peaked in 1984 and has grown less common since.
Joanna is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #306 for girl births in the United States (and #657 across all names), given to 997 babies. Joanna was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1984 (3,332 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 997 | 997 | #306 | — |
| 2024 | 945 | 945 | #329 | — |
| 2023 | 918 | 918 | #339 | — |
| 2022 | 1,002 | 1,002 | #321 | — |
| 2021 | 1,101 | 1,101 | #291 | — |
| 2020 | 1,176 | 1,176 | #256 | — |
| 2019 | 1,281 | 1,281 | #254 | — |
| 2018 | 1,454 | 1,454 | #213 | — |
| 2017 | 1,352 | 1,352 | #235 | — |
| 2016 | 1,274 | 1,274 | #248 | — |
| 2015 | 1,065 | 1,065 | #306 | — |
| 2014 | 1,027 | 1,032 | #325 | #12,983 |
| 2013 | 945 | 945 | #343 | — |
| 2012 | 974 | 974 | #323 | — |
| 2011 | 976 | 976 | #323 | — |
| 2010 | 1,066 | 1,066 | #305 | — |
| 2009 | 1,111 | 1,111 | #302 | #13,384 |
| 2008 | 1,194 | 1,194 | #283 | — |
| 2007 | 1,392 | 1,392 | #252 | — |
| 2006 | 1,289 | 1,289 | #256 | — |
| 2005 | 1,167 | 1,167 | #284 | — |
| 2004 | 1,288 | 1,288 | #251 | #8,502 |
| 2003 | 1,309 | 1,309 | #252 | #10,178 |
| 2002 | 1,335 | 1,335 | #239 | — |
| 2001 | 1,560 | 1,560 | #206 | #11,392 |
| 2000 | 1,349 | 1,349 | #238 | — |
| 1999 | 1,334 | 1,334 | #238 | #8,266 |
| 1998 | 1,281 | 1,281 | #240 | — |
| 1997 | 1,409 | — | #208 | — |
| 1996 | 1,405 | — | #209 | — |
| 1995 | 1,605 | — | #185 | #6,658 |
| 1994 | 1,631 | — | #183 | #7,319 |
| 1993 | 1,649 | — | #177 | #5,173 |
| 1992 | 1,839 | — | #167 | #4,218 |
| 1991 | 1,962 | — | #152 | #4,927 |
| 1990 | 2,241 | — | #138 | #4,830 |
| 1989 | 2,132 | — | #142 | #3,527 |
| 1988 | 2,221 | — | #131 | #3,432 |
| 1987 | 2,076 | — | #133 | #2,675 |
| 1986 | 2,247 | — | #126 | #2,642 |
| 1985 | 2,795 | — | #99 | #2,325 |
| 1984 | 3,353 | — | #88 | #2,396 |
| 1983 | 2,127 | — | #139 | #5,175 |
| 1982 | 1,848 | — | #161 | #3,196 |
| 1981 | 1,838 | — | #154 | #3,987 |
| 1980 | 1,733 | — | #163 | #4,709 |
| 1979 | 1,398 | — | #193 | #3,931 |
| 1978 | 1,356 | — | #190 | #4,775 |
| 1977 | 1,565 | — | #173 | — |
| 1976 | 1,725 | — | #152 | #4,654 |
| 1975 | 1,705 | — | #158 | #5,099 |
| 1974 | 1,779 | — | #155 | #4,379 |
| 1973 | 1,664 | — | #166 | — |
| 1972 | 1,423 | — | #198 | — |
| 1971 | 1,372 | — | #222 | — |
| 1970 | 1,336 | — | #236 | #5,073 |
| 1969 | 1,222 | — | #244 | #4,693 |
| 1968 | 1,036 | — | #261 | — |
| 1967 | 866 | — | #292 | #3,399 |
| 1966 | 890 | — | #284 | — |
| 1965 | 910 | — | #293 | — |
| 1964 | 877 | — | #315 | — |
| 1963 | 888 | — | #313 | — |
| 1962 | 834 | — | #325 | — |
| 1961 | 865 | — | #321 | — |
| 1960 | 820 | — | #329 | — |
| 1959 | 755 | — | #348 | — |
| 1958 | 665 | — | #358 | — |
| 1957 | 582 | — | #375 | — |
| 1956 | 482 | — | #413 | — |
| 1955 | 455 | — | #414 | — |
| 1954 | 471 | — | #400 | — |
| 1953 | 411 | — | #430 | — |
| 1952 | 407 | — | #424 | — |
| 1951 | 445 | — | #388 | — |
| 1950 | 478 | — | #364 | — |
| 1949 | 463 | — | #366 | — |
| 1948 | 515 | — | #342 | — |
| 1947 | 509 | — | #357 | — |
| 1946 | 498 | — | #332 | — |
| 1945 | 426 | — | #333 | — |
| 1944 | 453 | — | #317 | — |
| 1943 | 514 | — | #307 | — |
| 1942 | 502 | — | #308 | — |
| 1941 | 417 | — | #321 | — |
| 1940 | 412 | — | #314 | — |
| 1939 | 390 | — | #313 | — |
| 1938 | 427 | — | #304 | — |
| 1937 | 438 | — | #297 | — |
| 1936 | 361 | — | #324 | — |
| 1935 | 424 | — | #293 | — |
| 1934 | 480 | — | #281 | — |
| 1933 | 367 | — | #327 | — |
| 1932 | 337 | — | #346 | — |
| 1931 | 331 | — | #351 | — |
| 1930 | 359 | — | #351 | — |
| 1929 | 273 | — | #401 | — |
| 1928 | 285 | — | #398 | — |
| 1927 | 239 | — | #449 | — |
| 1926 | 281 | — | #406 | — |
| 1925 | 236 | — | #452 | — |
| 1924 | 208 | — | #484 | — |
| 1923 | 199 | — | #492 | — |
| 1922 | 185 | — | #514 | — |
| 1921 | 160 | — | #569 | — |
| 1920 | 167 | — | #554 | — |
| 1919 | 165 | — | #533 | — |
| 1918 | 180 | — | #510 | — |
| 1917 | 170 | — | #508 | — |
| 1916 | 168 | — | #500 | — |
| 1915 | 147 | — | #516 | — |
| 1914 | 81 | — | #644 | — |
| 1913 | 94 | — | #529 | — |
| 1912 | 73 | — | #563 | — |
| 1911 | 59 | — | #550 | — |
| 1910 | 49 | — | #596 | — |
| 1909 | 48 | — | #556 | — |
| 1908 | 54 | — | #496 | — |
| 1907 | 32 | — | #670 | — |
| 1906 | 40 | — | #558 | — |
| 1905 | 41 | — | #539 | — |
| 1904 | 37 | — | #550 | — |
| 1903 | 45 | — | #478 | — |
| 1902 | 26 | — | #658 | — |
| 1901 | 31 | — | #552 | — |
| 1900 | 37 | — | #573 | — |
| 1899 | 40 | — | #461 | — |
| 1898 | 42 | — | #477 | — |
| 1897 | 50 | — | #417 | — |
| 1896 | 37 | — | #480 | — |
| 1895 | 29 | — | #551 | — |
| 1894 | 44 | — | #421 | — |
| 1893 | 36 | — | #445 | — |
| 1892 | 42 | — | #409 | — |
| 1891 | 36 | — | #417 | — |
| 1890 | 33 | — | #454 | — |
| 1889 | 27 | — | #480 | — |
| 1888 | 37 | — | #406 | — |
| 1887 | 32 | — | #383 | — |
| 1886 | 35 | — | #361 | — |
| 1885 | 40 | — | #322 | — |
| 1884 | 24 | — | #412 | — |
| 1883 | 33 | — | #308 | — |
| 1882 | 15 | — | #481 | — |
| 1881 | 21 | — | #364 | — |
| 1880 | 26 | — | #313 | — |