Masterpiece Generator Name Generator
How popular is the name Joanna?
Births per year, rank history and how many Joannas are alive today.
Joanna (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 514th in 2025 with 78 given the name. The name peaked in 1984, when around 1,100 babies were given the name, the 34th most popular that year. It has declined since 1984; the 2025 figure is roughly 7% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 29,000 babies have been named Joanna in England and Wales since 1964. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Joanna include Jodie and Jodi.
The Joanna you are most likely to meet is around 42 years old. Half of all Joannas born in England and Wales are between 37 and 54, and there are at least 31,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 9.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Joanna.
How many babies are named Joanna each year?
Where does Joanna rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Joanna most popular?
Joanna peaked in 1984, when around 1,100 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Joanna?
At least 31,000 people named Joanna born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Joanna?
Most living Joannas are between 37 and 54; the most common age is about 42.
Is Joanna becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1984 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.