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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising

JoannaIn Hebrew: ג׳ואנה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Joanna (Hebrew: ג׳ואנה) is a girl's name of international origin. 794 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1987, with 35 babies.

People in Israel
794
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1987
35 babies
USA, 2025
997
rank #306

Writing and saying Joanna

In Hebrew letters the name is ג׳ואנה, read right to left. Joanna is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Joanna by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Joanna: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Joanna in English-speaking countries

Joanna in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025997#3061984 (3,332)
United Kingdom202590#4931997 (388)
England and Wales202578#5141996 (374)
Scotland20259#3591978 (130)
Northern Ireland20253#3972000 (18)
Ireland202511#3531982 (76)
Alberta202520#2201984 (45)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Joanna has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Joanna

How do you write Joanna in Hebrew?

Joanna is written ג׳ואנה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Joanna?

794 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ג׳ואנה: 794 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Joanna a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named ג׳ואנה are women.

Is Joanna used outside Israel?

The name Joanna appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 997 girls were given it in 2025 (#306), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 90 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.