Josanna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Josanna

The Social Security Administration has registered 104 babies named Josanna between 1956 and 2022, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Josanna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josanna performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Josanna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josanna 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 104 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.