Jowanna

Girl · recorded 1940–1991

  • 1991last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Jowanna.

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Its story

Popularity since 1940

04719401953196619781991

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 30 recorded years as a table
Jowanna, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19404
19483
19573
19584
19595
19603
19624
19633
19643
19666
19685
19693
19706
19723
19746
19755
19775
19787
19797
19803
19815
19826
19833
19845
19855
19865
19884
19894
19904
19913

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jowanna isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1991
6
Rank in 1991
#11,509
How rare
1 in 312,501 girls
Since 1940
227

Jowanna was last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1978, at 7 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Jowanna doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.