Johnanna — girls' name
59 babies named Johnanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Johnanna was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Johnanna in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Johnanna
The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Johnanna between 1950 and 1989, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Johnanna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Johnanna performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Johnanna shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Johnanna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Johnanna 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 59 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.
Johnanna at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Johnanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1950
- Peak year (1975)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
59 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 8 births in a single year.
Johnanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 23 births that decade — 39% of Johnanna's all-time total
Johnanna decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Johnanna's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- California 8.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1950–1989 (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.