Ioana

#15,812 in 2025Girls' name

Feminine form of John

Ioana has been given to 91 babies in the U.S. since 1993. In 2025 it ranked #15,812 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Ioana, 2025

1 in 663,000

Ioana over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ioana: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of John

Hebrew

What Ioana means

Ioana is a feminine form of John.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ioana is used in Romanian and Bulgarian.

Another recorded pronunciation is /i.ˈo̯a.na/ for Ioana.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Ioana → John. The family’s meaning is “Yahweh is gracious”, recorded in the naming reference for John.

Origin, language, and formation

Ioana is used in Romanian. Its origins include Hebrew.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include John and Joan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 91 girls were recorded with the name Ioana between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2003; its best national rank was #9,947 in 2003.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Ioana?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #15,812; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ioana sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ioana. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ioanas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ioana was born before 2005 — so the typical Ioana is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 61.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 82.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 91; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 61.5% of all recorded uses (56).

Is Ioana rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −1,669; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 50.0%; Peak was 2003 (10)
Years since peak: 22; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,947; 2003

Spellings of Ioana

Ioana is not the most common spelling — Donna is, with 26.0% against Ioana's <0.01%.

Donna26.0%831,641
Joan15.1%481,238
Diana11.5%368,487
Dana6.1%193,555
Joann4.9%156,892
Joanna3.5%111,761
Ana3.5%111,359
Alana2.1%68,264

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ioana around the world

Where Ioana ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1998–2025
#1,809
in 2025
Ireland
2000–2025
#885
in 2025
France
1979–2025
#3,475
in 2025
Canada
1994–2017
#3,407
in 2017
South Australia
1953–2010
#801
in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Ioana by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #15,812
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #9,947; 2003
Peak year: 2003; 10 that year
First recorded: 1993
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 91
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Ioana

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Loana Tuana Yvana Jaana Dhana Imana Isana Azana Taiana Lilana Uliana Viyana Iolana Aiana Hasana Mahana Afsana Adana Dhyana Mehana Livana Aidana Aldana Evyana

Sibling names for Ioana

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shyann Halie Allyssa Sydni Sydnie Alysa Jacquelin Gabriel

For a brother

Aaden Jarod Keven Zakary Kale Elizabeth Garret Samual

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