Johanna
Johanna was given to 309 girls in 2025, #871 among girls’ names; 54,376 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 40,900 Americans named Johanna and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (75% of everyone recorded); the median is 36 years old and half are between 20 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Johanna by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Johanna mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Johanna is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “God is gracious” (literally).
From Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, Sheena, and Zhanna.
/d͡ʒəʊˈænə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Johanna?
#871 among girls’ names, 2025
Johanna fell from #541 in 2015 to #871 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.32 to 0.19 per 1,000.
929 babies in 1984, the peak
Johanna peaked in 1984, when 929 babies were given it (919 girls, #265 among girls’ names). The 309 births of 2025 are 33% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 309 | #871 | 0.19 |
| 2024 | 319 | #848 | 0.20 |
| 2023 | 376 | #751 | 0.23 |
| 2022 | 358 | #789 | 0.22 |
| 2021 | 409 | #705 | 0.25 |
| 2020 | 449 | #645 | 0.28 |
| 2019 | 511 | #594 | 0.30 |
| 2018 | 590 | #533 | 0.35 |
| 2017 | 563 | #550 | 0.33 |
| 2016 | 562 | #555 | 0.32 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 578 | #541 | 0.32 |
| 2014 | 571 | #542 | 0.32 |
| 2013 | 561 | #532 | 0.32 |
| 2012 | 640 | #478 | 0.36 |
| 2011 | 563 | #518 | 0.32 |
| 2010 | 697 | #440 | 0.39 |
| 2009 | 652 | #476 | 0.35 |
| 2008 | 703 | #449 | 0.37 |
| 2007 | 786 | #416 | 0.41 |
| 2006 | 857 | #378 | 0.45 |
| 2005 | 778 | #405 | 0.42 |
| 2004 | 585 | #503 | 0.32 |
| 2003 | 546 | #519 | 0.30 |
| 2002 | 612 | #466 | 0.34 |
| 2001 | 677 | #419 | 0.38 |
| 2000 | 594 | #468 | 0.33 |
| 1999 | 538 | #483 | 0.30 |
| 1998 | 512 | #497 | 0.29 |
| 1997 | 613 | #423 | 0.35 |
| 1996 | 589 | #432 | 0.34 |
| 1995 | 582 | #441 | 0.33 |
| 1994 | 574 | #440 | 0.32 |
| 1993 | 589 | #427 | 0.33 |
| 1992 | 663 | #391 | 0.36 |
| 1991 | 691 | #373 | 0.37 |
| 1990 | 699 | #374 | 0.37 |
| 1989 | 707 | #365 | 0.38 |
| 1988 | 742 | #332 | 0.42 |
| 1987 | 769 | #316 | 0.44 |
| 1986 | 803 | #304 | 0.47 |
| 1985 | 904 | #276 | 0.53 |
| 1984 | 919 | #265 | 0.55 |
| 1983 | 779 | #299 | 0.47 |
| 1982 | 795 | #307 | 0.47 |
| 1981 | 880 | #278 | 0.53 |
| 1980 | 865 | #286 | 0.52 |
| 1979 | 544 | #399 | 0.34 |
| 1978 | 520 | #396 | 0.34 |
| 1977 | 608 | #360 | 0.40 |
| 1976 | 621 | #344 | 0.42 |
| 1975 | 541 | #382 | 0.37 |
| 1974 | 571 | #375 | 0.39 |
| 1973 | 495 | #403 | 0.34 |
| 1972 | 410 | #455 | 0.27 |
| 1971 | 455 | #451 | 0.27 |
| 1970 | 412 | #485 | 0.24 |
| 1969 | 406 | #479 | 0.24 |
| 1968 | 303 | #557 | 0.18 |
| 1967 | 300 | #544 | 0.18 |
| 1966 | 328 | #522 | 0.19 |
| 1965 | 376 | #490 | 0.21 |
| 1964 | 377 | #503 | 0.20 |
| 1963 | 395 | #490 | 0.20 |
| 1962 | 355 | #520 | 0.18 |
| 1961 | 377 | #502 | 0.19 |
| 1960 | 308 | #558 | 0.15 |
| 1959 | 280 | #593 | 0.14 |
| 1958 | 275 | #598 | 0.14 |
| 1957 | 274 | #582 | 0.13 |
| 1956 | 291 | #547 | 0.14 |
| 1955 | 265 | #556 | 0.14 |
| 1954 | 227 | #601 | 0.12 |
| 1953 | 271 | #520 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 268 | #515 | 0.14 |
| 1951 | 239 | #543 | 0.13 |
| 1950 | 244 | #528 | 0.14 |
| 1949 | 263 | #499 | 0.15 |
| 1948 | 273 | #487 | 0.16 |
| 1947 | 317 | #462 | 0.18 |
| 1946 | 272 | #478 | 0.17 |
| 1945 | 225 | #481 | 0.17 |
| 1944 | 278 | #431 | 0.21 |
| 1943 | 289 | #432 | 0.21 |
| 1942 | 320 | #401 | 0.24 |
| 1941 | 284 | #405 | 0.24 |
| 1940 | 268 | #418 | 0.23 |
| 1939 | 293 | #387 | 0.27 |
| 1938 | 261 | #418 | 0.24 |
| 1937 | 268 | #397 | 0.25 |
| 1936 | 250 | #406 | 0.24 |
| 1935 | 278 | #380 | 0.27 |
| 1934 | 281 | #381 | 0.27 |
| 1933 | 206 | #458 | 0.20 |
| 1932 | 245 | #419 | 0.23 |
| 1931 | 201 | #454 | 0.19 |
| 1930 | 243 | #425 | 0.22 |
| 1929 | 229 | #436 | 0.21 |
| 1928 | 207 | #476 | 0.18 |
| 1927 | 242 | #442 | 0.20 |
| 1926 | 228 | #447 | 0.19 |
| 1925 | 267 | #424 | 0.22 |
| 1924 | 300 | #397 | 0.24 |
| 1923 | 260 | #415 | 0.22 |
| 1922 | 272 | #401 | 0.23 |
| 1921 | 332 | #365 | 0.27 |
| 1920 | 297 | #382 | 0.25 |
| 1919 | 294 | #379 | 0.26 |
| 1918 | 307 | #373 | 0.27 |
| 1917 | 354 | #332 | 0.33 |
| 1916 | 366 | #317 | 0.35 |
| 1915 | 319 | #335 | 0.32 |
| 1914 | 256 | #329 | 0.34 |
| 1913 | 196 | #348 | 0.31 |
| 1912 | 188 | #332 | 0.34 |
| 1911 | 121 | #364 | 0.29 |
| 1910 | 141 | #327 | 0.36 |
| 1909 | 102 | #360 | 0.29 |
| 1908 | 103 | #356 | 0.31 |
| 1907 | 116 | #322 | 0.36 |
| 1906 | 108 | #323 | 0.37 |
| 1905 | 102 | #335 | 0.35 |
| 1904 | 125 | #285 | 0.45 |
| 1903 | 91 | #325 | 0.35 |
| 1902 | 114 | #295 | 0.43 |
| 1901 | 119 | #272 | 0.50 |
| 1900 | 144 | #270 | 0.48 |
| 1899 | 128 | #248 | 0.55 |
| 1898 | 161 | #230 | 0.62 |
| 1897 | 123 | #256 | 0.53 |
| 1896 | 157 | #221 | 0.66 |
| 1895 | 151 | #223 | 0.65 |
| 1894 | 127 | #238 | 0.57 |
| 1893 | 155 | #205 | 0.73 |
| 1892 | 141 | #217 | 0.66 |
| 1891 | 122 | #217 | 0.66 |
| 1890 | 108 | #235 | 0.57 |
| 1889 | 114 | #216 | 0.64 |
| 1888 | 118 | #209 | 0.66 |
| 1887 | 86 | #224 | 0.59 |
| 1886 | 105 | #193 | 0.73 |
| 1885 | 87 | #207 | 0.65 |
| 1884 | 73 | #222 | 0.57 |
| 1883 | 85 | #180 | 0.76 |
| 1882 | 74 | #188 | 0.69 |
| 1881 | 58 | #198 | 0.63 |
| 1880 | 64 | #191 | 0.70 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Johanna a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Johanna has been given almost only to girls: 129 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Johanna: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Johanna, and how old are they?
40,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 75% of the 54,376 Americans ever recorded as Johanna. The median Johanna alive today is 36 years old; half are between 20 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 49,738 people named Johanna (49,642 women and girls, 96 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 40,403 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,430 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,350 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 7,260 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 11,400 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 10,300 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,120 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Johanna born?
The states with the most babies named Johanna are California, New York and Texas, with 39% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 7,520 | #943 | 1.4× |
| New York | 6,624 | #1,117 | 1.7× |
| Texas | 3,581 | #1,017 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,845 | #1,165 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 2,490 | #1,322 | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 2,399 | #887 | 1.6× |
| Florida | 1,744 | #624 | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 1,653 | #657 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 1,522 | #918 | 0.6× |
| Massachusetts | 1,462 | #815 | 1.1× |
Where Johanna is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Johanna is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Johanna with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 590,343 babies since 1880, Johanna is the fourth most given (9.2% of them). In 2025 it was given to 309 of their 1,588 babies (19%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Johanna
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Johanna and names like it
- Compare Johanna and JoanneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sJohanna peaked in 1984.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Johanna since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Johanna: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1984The year the most babies were named Johanna.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Johanna alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with JMost given first.