Joanna is a distinctive choice, ranked #514 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Joanna in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#514
US Rank #306
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About the Name Joanna
Joanna ranked #514 in 2025, down from its peak of #125 in 1996 — still a familiar name, but past its high point. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Joanna is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Joanna in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #329, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Joanna
JoAnna Garcia Swisher — JoAnna García Swisher is an American actress and businesswoman.
Joanna Kuenssberg — Joanna Kate Kuenssberg is a British oil executive and former diplomat who was the United Kingdom's high commissioner to Mozambique from 2014 to 2018.
Joanna Mihułka — Joanna Mihułka-Petru formerly Joanna Schmidt is a Polish manager, politician and economist.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Joanna
Unlikely. With around 78 UK babies named Joanna per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Joanna in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Joanna has been fairly steady, ranked #514 in 2025 against #478 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #125 in 1996.
Joanna is more popular in the US (#329) than in the UK (#488). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Joanna include: JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Joanna Kuenssberg and Joanna Mihułka. Short summaries for each appear below.
Joanna appears in the US top 500 at #329 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
78
UK babies named Joanna (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 36 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Joanna
Almost certainly the only Joanna in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Joanna
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Joanna I, also known as Johanna I, was Queen of Naples, and Countess of Provence and Forcalquier from 1343 to 1381; she was also Princess of Achaea from 1373 to 1381.
Joanna Merlin was an American actress and casting director who worked with Stephen Sondheim and starred in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof.
Mary Joanne Rogers Macy, known as Joanna Macy, was an American environmental activist, author and scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory and deep ecology.