Johana — #1739 US girls' name
6,885 babies named Johana in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Johana was born in this single decade.
329 babies were named Johana in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Johana
The Social Security Administration has registered 6,885 babies named Johana between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Johana currently holds the #1739 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 329 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Johana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,679 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Johana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,903 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Johana in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Johana 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 6,885 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.
Johana at a glance
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Current rank
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Johana popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2005)
- 329
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #1739 among girls.
6,885 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 329 births in a single year.
Johana popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 1993 (Johana as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Johana accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Johana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,679 births that decade — 39% of Johana's all-time total
Johana decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,679 births
- Runner-up 1,338 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Johana's strongest decade
2,679 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Johana by state
Where Johana concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,903 | 27.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,063 | 15.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 509 | 7.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 384 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 195 | 2.8% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 183 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 152 | 2.2% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 146 | 2.1% |
1,903 of 6,885 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 27.6% of nationwide
- Texas 15.4% of nationwide
- New York 7.4% of nationwide
- Florida 5.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 25 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 27.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Johana appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1915–2024 (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.