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Girl name#336 of girl names

Joanna

Pronounced JH OW0 AE1 N AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 3 syllables
  • Peaked 1984
  • 145 years in use
  • Biblical
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How popular is Joanna?

Joanna is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 111,067 children — the 336th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1984, when 3,332 children were given it.

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1984Girls: 3,332Boys: 21

Characteristics

  • Biblical (Person)
  • 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
JH OW0 AE1 N AH0
Stress pattern:
010
Syllables:
3

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Joanna

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Joanna

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Joanna?
Joanna ranks 336th among girls' names in US records, with 111,067 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 11,563.
Is Joanna a unisex name?
No. Joanna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Joanna most popular?
1984, when 3,332 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.