Giovana
Giovana is a name with multiple cultural origins: Portuguese, Spanish.
- Portuguese
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Giovana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Giovana is a name with multiple cultural origins: Portuguese, Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Portuguese
- Spanish
The Story of Giovana
American parents first put Giovana on the record books as a baby girl name in 1971, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 46 Giovanas were born — ranking #3,046 that year. About 36% of every Giovana on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Giovana ranks #7,096 for baby girls with 15 births, holding steady (-3%). All told, over 901 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Giovana
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About the name Giovana
Giovana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 901 births in the dataset. Giovana's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #2,882. Use the chart and map above to compare Giovana's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.