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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: steady

JoanneIn Hebrew: ג׳ואן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Joanne (Hebrew: ג׳ואן) is a girl's name of international origin. 1,271 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 23 girls and ranked #454. Its peak year was 2017, with 66 babies.

People in Israel
1,271
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
23
rank #454
Peak year
2017
66 babies
USA, 2025
66
rank #2,607

Writing and saying Joanne

In Hebrew letters the name is ג׳ואן, read right to left. Joanne 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.

Joanne 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).

Joanne: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Joanne in English-speaking countries

Joanne in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202566#2,6071947 (6,062)
United Kingdom202517#1,7791997 (273)
England and Wales202517#1,7191996 (265)
Alberta20253#1,2281981 (45)

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

Related Israeli names

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

Questions about Joanne

How do you write Joanne in Hebrew?

Joanne is written ג׳ואן in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Joanne?

1,271 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ג׳ואן: 1,023 women and 248 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 Joanne a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 80.5% of the people named ג׳ואן are women.

Is Joanne used outside Israel?

The name Joanne appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 66 girls were given it in 2025 (#2,607), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 17 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.