Johna — #15457 US girls' name
2,456 babies named Johna in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Johna was born in this single decade.
98 babies were named Johna in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Johna
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,456 babies named Johna between 1925 and 2024, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Johna currently holds the #15457 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 98 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Johna performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 633 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Johna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 103 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Johna in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Johna 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 2,456 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.
Johna at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Johna popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1925
- Peak year (1963)
- 98
- Annual births at peak — across 100 years of records
Currently ranks #15457 among girls.
2,456 total births across 100 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 98 births in a single year.
Johna popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1995 (Johna as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Johna accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Johna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 633 births that decade — 26% of Johna's all-time total
Johna decade highlights
- Peak decade 633 births
- Runner-up 466 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Johna's strongest decade
633 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Johna by state
Where Johna concentrates geographically — total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 103 | 4.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 64 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 42 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 32 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 27 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 18 | 0.7% |
| #7 | New York | | 15 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 10 | 0.4% |
103 of 2,456 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.2% of nationwide
- Texas 2.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.7% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 1.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Johna appears in 15 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, 1925–2024 (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.