Fun Facts About the Name Ianna
- More than 1 thousand babies named Ianna: U.S. records list 1,120 babies given the name Ianna from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Ianna Mean?
Ianna is a rare spelling of Ioanna (Greek Ιωάννα), the feminine form of Ioannes (Greek Ιωάννης). Both descend from the Hebrew name Yochanan, commonly translated as "Yahweh is gracious" or "the Lord is gracious." The Greek Ioanna became Latin Johanna and English Joanna; the spelling Ianna sets the first two vowels side by side, matching the way the name runs together in speech in several languages. Some instances of Ianna are instead respellings of Yana or Jana, short forms from the same Ioanna/Johanna family. The name is unrelated to Inanna, the Sumerian goddess, despite the similar look.
Ianna Name History & Origins
The Greek name Ioanna is the feminine counterpart of Ioannes. In the Gospel of Luke, a follower of Jesus is named Joanna (Greek Ioanna), the wife of Chuza, who was among the women who came to the tomb on Easter morning; she is honored as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. Through that Christian use, and through the Latin form Johanna, the name spread from the Greek-speaking world into western Europe.
Ianna is a less common spelling of the same name rather than a separate historical form. It appears in modern use in English alongside Anna, Joanna, and Yana, and because transliteration from Greek and Slavic languages varies, Ianna can stand for Ioanna, Yanna, or Yana depending on the source language. Slavic relatives such as Ukrainian Іванна (Ivanna) and Russian Яна (Yana) belong to the same family and are sometimes rendered this way in English.
How Popular is the Name Ianna?
Ianna has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2011. Its best rank was #2,925 in 2011.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,304 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2024 | #4,497 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2023 | #4,917 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 2022 | #6,305 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #4,890 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2020 | #5,374 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #4,582 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2018 | #6,108 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2017 | #5,230 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2016 | #4,028 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2015 | #5,725 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #4,040 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2013 | #3,282 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 2012 | #3,333 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 2011 | #2,925 | 59 | 0.0034% |
| 2010 | #3,846 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2009 | #3,381 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 2008 | #3,887 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2007 | #3,263 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 2006 | #2,948 | 58 | 0.0031% |
| 2005 | #3,101 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 2004 | #3,147 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 2003 | #3,829 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2002 | #4,428 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2001 | #4,052 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2000 | #4,853 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1999 | #4,237 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1998 | #5,450 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1997 | #4,895 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1996 | #6,872 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1995 | #9,904 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #6,109 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1993 | #7,702 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #8,303 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #7,119 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #8,096 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #7,150 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #11,573 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #8,666 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #11,009 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #8,462 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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