Yoana
Yoana is a name with a single cultural origin: Bulgarian.
- Bulgarian
Meaning & Origin of Yoana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yoana is a name with a single cultural origin: Bulgarian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Bulgarian
The Story of Yoana
American parents first put Yoana on the record books as a baby girl name in 1979, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 93 Yoanas were born — ranking #1,872 that year. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 38% of all recorded Yoanas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #4,844 among baby girl names with 28 births, rising sharply (+31% over the past five years). In total, more than 2K Yoanas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Yoana
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Yoana. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Ioana
- Yanka
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About the name Yoana
Yoana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Yoana's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #1,872. Use the chart and map above to compare Yoana'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.