Ivanna
Feminine · “God is gracious”
Ivanna is the feminine of Ivan, and Ivan is how the name John travels through the Slavic world — so this is Joan, Jane and Juana wearing different clothes. It arrived in American records fairly recently and has held a quiet, level place ever since, familiar in Ukrainian families and widely used across Latin America. Four vowels and two soft consonants: it opens and closes without a hard edge.
How old is the name Ivanna?
Ivanna first appears in US birth records in 1954 — 71 years ago. The typical Ivanna is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 10,000 people named Ivanna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ivanna most popular?
Ivanna peaked in 2017, reaching #534 nationally. Today it ranks #566, 32 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yochanan to Ivanna
The story of Ivanna
The root is Hebrew Yochanan, carried into Greek as Ioannes by the translators and writers of the early Christian era, and from there into Church Slavonic as Ioann. Slavic speech wore it down to Ivan, one of the most widely used men's names in Eastern Europe for centuries, and Ivanna is its feminine form — spelled with the double n in Ukrainian, with a single n as Ivana in Czech, Croatian, Serbian and Slovak. The double-n spelling also took hold independently in Spanish-speaking countries, where Ivanna reads cleanly under Spanish vowel rules. Two roads, one name, and both are living.
Meaning
God is gracious
The sense comes from the Hebrew name Yochanan, which lies behind John, Jane, Joan and every Ivan.
How the name formed
- Yochanan
- Ioannes
- Ioann
- Ivan
- Ivanna
Related forms: Ivana · Ioanna · Giovanna · Juana · Jeanne · Johanna
Pronouncing Ivanna
ee-VAH-nah
That is the Slavic and Spanish pronunciation and the usual one. Some English speakers reach for ih-VAN-uh instead, rhyming the middle with 'van'; both are heard in the US, so it is worth deciding early which one your family uses.
Nicknames for Ivanna
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1954
- Most girls named
- 2017578 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #534reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- −2.8%530 in 2025, from 545
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ivanna in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ivana in Czech, Croatian, Serbian — spelling variant
- Ioanna in Greek — same name
- Giovanna in Italian — same name
- Juana in Spanish — same name
- Jeanne in French — same name
- Johanna in German, Dutch — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Ivannas among us
people named Ivanna are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 3,033 born in 2025 was named Ivanna
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Ivanna
- #566
- Ivanna on the 2025 chart
- #397
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ivanna went to 530 girls in 2025, but Ivana is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 747, which makes it the 397th most-given girls’ name of the year — 169 places above the chart.
- Ivanna530
- Ivana217
About 1 girl in 2,152 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 3,033 for Ivanna itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Madonna test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ivanna's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Madonna climbed just as high around 1933, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Madonna's path sketches the road Ivanna is walking now.
Ivanna sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Ivanna is headed
Ivanna should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Ivanna beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ivanna in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Shares a root with John, Jane, Joan and Juana, so the name has a long, unbroken documented line behind it.
- Reads correctly in both Spanish and Slavic languages without respelling — useful in a bilingual family.
- Several ready-made short forms, including Iva, Ivy and Ana, each of which also works as a name on its own.
- Written the way it sounds under Spanish vowel rules, which keeps the spelling stable across much of the Americas.
- The single-n Ivana is the more familiar spelling to many Americans, so expect a lifetime of gentle corrections — and of forms coming back with one n.
- Pronunciation splits between ee-VAH-nah and ih-VAN-uh depending on who is reading it aloud. Neither is wrong, but she will be introducing herself often.
- Said quickly in English, the first two syllables can land close to 'I wanna'. Most people never notice; a few schoolyards will.
- She is unlikely to meet another Ivanna in her class, which cuts both ways: no surname initial needed, but also no one who already knows how to say it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ivannas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 10,000 people named Ivanna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Ivanna?
- Ivanna is the most-used spelling in US records — 530 of the 747 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Ivana.
- How popular is the name Ivanna in 2025?
- Ivanna ranks #566 among US girl names in 2025, with 530 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ivanna?
- About 1 in every 3,033 US girls born in 2025 was named Ivanna — 530 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ivanna with classmates?
- Ivanna will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ivanna
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