Ivanna
Meaning
feminine form of Ivan, God is gracious
The story
Ivanna is the Ukrainian feminine form of Ivan, written Іванна at home, and Ivan is the East Slavic route to the name English speakers know as John, from a Hebrew original meaning Yahweh is gracious. That makes Ivanna one more branch of the most-traveled name tree on earth, wearing double letters. The American record picks it up with five girls in the 1950s and then climbs in every completed decade since: 44 in the 1970s, 804 in the 1990s, 1,596 in the 2000s, 4,559 in the 2010s, with 3,089 so far in this one. Behind the Name ranks it 43rd in Mexico in 2021 and 90th in Puerto Rico in 2023, well ahead of its 566th in the United States, so the center of gravity is Spanish-speaking. Brazil's census tells an older story: 383 residents with a median age of 25, against an American record that has added most of its Ivannas since the 2000s.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ivanna peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
383 people · the #16,080 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 25
Among people named Ivanna living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 34 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Ivanna
Most people given the name Ivanna in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Ivanna deep dive
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