Johah — boys' name
29 babies named Johah in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
29 boys have been named Johah since 1983, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2008.
- 29
- total births
- 1983–2008
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Johah was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Johah in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Johah
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Johah between 1983 and 2008, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Johah currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Johah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Johah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Johah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 29 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Johah at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Johah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1983
- Peak year (1997)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
29 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 7 births in a single year.
Johah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 13 births that decade — 45% of Johah's all-time total
Johah decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Johah's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.