How Many People Are Named Yoana?
An estimated 1,506 people in the United States have the first name Yoana. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Yoana peaked in popularity in 2001 with 93 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yoana 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 Yoana paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,506
About 1 in 227,593 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2001
93 births
Total Registered
1,542
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yoana
Yoana is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,542 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Yoana as a female name
Ranked #4,755 in 2024
29 female births in 2024
Peak: 2001 (93 births)
Yoana: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yoana span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 608 babies were registered. Yoana has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Yoana by Decade
How has Yoana 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.
Yoana by State
Birth registrations for Yoana span all 6 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Florida. The lowest are in Illinois, New York, Georgia. On average, about 124 Yoanas were registered per state.
Yoana + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yoana as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Yoana: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yoana?
We estimate approximately 1,506 people named Yoana 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 227,593 Americans share this first name.
Is Yoana a common name?
Yoana is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,542 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yoana most popular?
Yoana reached peak popularity in 2001, when 93 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yoana is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yoana a female name?
Yoana is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yoana Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yoana Smith, Yoana Johnson, Yoana 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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