Recorded 1896–2025 · United States
Joana was most popular in 2001, when 357 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,266 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,581, with 67 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 7,944 people named Joana.
Joana first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1896, which makes it about 129 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 106 of the 130 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 7,944 American births named Joana between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 7,608 are estimated to be alive today.
67 American babies were named Joana in 2025, ranking #4,581 that year.
Joana is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 66 births a year, against 93 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -29% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Joana is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 7,944 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 7,608 Americans named Joana are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 26 years old, and half are between 19 and 36.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org