How Many People Are Named Joana?
An estimated 7,398 people in the United States have the first name Joana. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 28 years old, and Joana peaked in popularity in 2001 with 357 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Joana as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Joana paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
7,398
About 1 in 46,331 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
28
years old
Peak Year
2001
357 births
Total Registered
7,877
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Joana
Joana is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 7,877 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Joana as a female name
Ranked #2,582 in 2024
68 female births in 2024
Peak: 2001 (357 births)
Joana: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Joana span from the 1890s to the 2020s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 2,665 babies were registered. Joana has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Joana by Decade
How has Joana tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Joana by State
Birth registrations for Joana span all 23 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Wisconsin, Oklahoma, New Mexico. On average, about 238 Joanas were registered per state.
Joana + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Joana as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Joana
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
Joana: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Joana?
We estimate approximately 7,398 people named Joana are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 46,331 Americans share this first name.
Is Joana a common name?
Joana is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 97.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 7,877 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Joana most popular?
Joana reached peak popularity in 2001, when 357 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Joana is approximately 28 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Joana a female name?
Joana is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Joana Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Joana Smith, Joana Johnson, Joana Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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