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Joana

Portuguese and Catalan form of Iohanna.

PronunciationEuropean Portuguese /ʒu.ˈɐ.nɐ/; European Portuguese /ʒo.ˈɐ̃.nɐ/; Catalan /ʒu.ˈa.nə/
Usage languagesCatalan, Occitan, Portuguese
US rank (2025)#2,583

Meaning and history

Joana is the Portuguese and Catalan form of Iohanna, a name related to Joanna.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 260 births, rank #996
2007: 274 births, rank #979
2008: 207 births, rank #1,222
2009: 167 births, rank #1,408
2010: 149 births, rank #1,500
20112011: 126 births, rank #1,671
2012: 106 births, rank #1,886
2013: 84 births, rank #2,211
2014: 73 births, rank #2,469
2015: 78 births, rank #2,351
20162016: 73 births, rank #2,479
2017: 85 births, rank #2,221
2018: 89 births, rank #2,130
2019: 84 births, rank #2,193
2020: 75 births, rank #2,341
20212021: 64 births, rank #2,674
2022: 70 births, rank #2,530
2023: 62 births, rank #2,757
2024: 68 births, rank #2,585
20252025: 67 births, rank #2,583

Joana rose from #997 to #982 for girls between 2006 and 2007. Its highest annual birth count came in 2001, with 357 births.