Girls' name · since 1950
Johnanna
Johnanna has 59 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 59
- total births
- 1950–1989
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
Johnanna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 59 recorded since 1950.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Johnanna has been recorded 59 times among girls since 1950, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1989.
- 59 total births
- 1950–1989 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 39% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Johnanna's 59 recorded births place it above 54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Johnanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Johnanna splits its recorded history at 1975: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1950 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Johnanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1989
- Peak year (1975)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Johnanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Johnanna's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Johnanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
19 births
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 23 births (39% of all-time use).
Johnanna by state
Where Johnanna concentrates geographically, total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 8.5% |
5 of 59 births nationwide.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1950–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Johnanna: Baby Name Since 1950 - 59 Births, Peak 1975." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/johnanna. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Johnanna draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.