Ivanna
- Pronunciation
- [I-va-nna]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Gift From God
- Origin
- Hebrew
About the Name Ivanna
Ivanna is the Ukrainian, Russian, Slovak, and Spanish feminine form of Ivan (see separate entry on Ivan for the Slavic etymology — the Slavic form of John, ultimately from the Hebrew Yochanan meaning "Yahweh is gracious"). The double-N -anna spelling Ivanna is essentially a 20th-21st century Spanish-American/Slavic-American variant.
The various spellings (Ivanna, Ivana, Ivanka) are tracked separately by SSA and represent the same underlying Slavic name family. The Ivanna spelling specifically appeals to parents seeking a more visually distinctive form. Notable bearers include the iconic Croatian-American businesswoman Ivanka Trump (using the alternate Ivanka spelling, born 1981, the daughter of US President Donald Trump and former White House senior advisor 2017–2021); contemporary Spanish-American actress Ivanna Sahagún; and the contemporary fictional Ivanna of various contemporary novels.
Ivanna's American climb is recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2005 to the US top 300 girls' rank by 2018 and the top 300 since. The name has been driven primarily by Spanish-American, Russian-American, and Ukrainian-American naming. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the layered Hebrew-Slavic-religious-Ukrainian-Russian pedigree, the popular three-syllable -anna ending family (Ivanna, Anna, Adriana, Liliana), and the modern visual presence. Three flowing syllables, soft consonants, and tonal warmth distinctive to multi-cultural names. The name reads as both classical-Slavic and contemporary American. Common nicknames Iva (back-end shortening), Vanna, Anna (back-end shortening, a popular standalone name on its own), and the rare Ivi each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Ivanna (the Spanish-American spelling), Ivana (the Slavic original), and Ivanka have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Ivana (Slavic original), Ivanka (Slavic diminutive), Joanna (English), Giovanna (Italian feminine of Giovanni), and the original Hebrew Yochanan.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Ivanna
US Popularity History (2009–2025)
Annual US births named Ivanna by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2017 with 578 girls named Ivanna (girl rank #535 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #567 for girls (530 US births). That's 32 places below its 2017 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Ivanna Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Ivanna the strongest states are Arizona, Texas, California.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | #219 | 286 |
| 2 | Texas | #263 | 1,152 |
| 3 | California | #316 | 1,041 |
| 4 | New Mexico | #318 | 24 |
| 5 | Nevada | #397 | 53 |
| 6 | Florida | #464 | 353 |
| 7 | Oregon | #576 | 19 |
| 8 | Colorado | #591 | 84 |
| 9 | New Jersey | #602 | 122 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | #624 | 26 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | #887 | 41 |
| 2 | Minnesota | #885 | 16 |
| 3 | Virginia | #862 | 60 |
| 4 | North Carolina | #855 | 65 |
| 5 | Indiana | #806 | 33 |
| 6 | Washington | #803 | 56 |
| 7 | South Carolina | #794 | 16 |
| 8 | New York | #761 | 196 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | #741 | 41 |
| 10 | Tennessee | #731 | 30 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Ivanna in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Ivanna to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Ivanna against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).