Girls' name · since 1972

Yohanna

1,025 babies named Yohanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#7,395 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#3,851 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,025
born since 1972
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Yohanna is the #3851 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,025 recorded since 1972.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yohanna has been recorded 1,025 times among girls since 1972, currently ranked #3851 nationally and more common than 78% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.

  • #7,395 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #3,851 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 1,025 born since 1972
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yohanna ranks #7,395 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,851 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,025 born since 1972, peaking in the 2010s.

#7,395 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#3,851 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,025
born since 1972
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%77.7%
Yohanna vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Yohanna's 1,025 recorded births place it above 89.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

9 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Yohanna compares

1,025 Top 32% higher than 68% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Yohanna's all-time total is 173% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Yohanna Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 1,025 376 567,345
Peak-year births 65 21 19,840

Yohanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Yohanna's full recorded timeline at 2003, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 65 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Yohanna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2022)
65
Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
020406080 197219821991199820042010201620222025 38

Yohanna by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (365 births, 36% of the file).

2010s was Yohanna's strongest decade.

365 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.

Yohanna births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 365 births (36% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Yohanna compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yohanna's total volume

Yohanna vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20%25% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -24, 7.2%-33, 7.5%-138, 3%-45, 6%-36, 6.2%-109, 4%-9, 23.5%-38, 7.8%-71, 6.4%-53, 3.7%-66, 5.4%-59, 4.4%-59, 4.8%-52, 6%-26, 9.9%Yohanna-54, 6.3%Yohanna
Yohanna vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Yohanna by state

Where Yohanna concentrates geographically, total births since 1972

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Yohanna
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
75 7.3%
#2 Texas
45 4.4%
#3 Virginia
43 4.2%
#4 Maryland
26 2.5%
#5 Washington
13 1.3%
#6 Georgia
10 1.0%
#7 New York
10 1.0%
#8 District of Columbia
6 0.6%
California share of Yohanna's total US births 7.3%
Even split

75 of 1,025 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.

Yohanna appears in 9 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yohanna?
1,025 babies have been named Yohanna since 1972. All-time, it sits at #7,395 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #3,851 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2022 with 65 births.
Where does Yohanna sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yohanna ranks #7,395 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,851 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Yohanna most popular?
Yohanna was most popular in the 2010s decade with 365 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
Where is Yohanna most popular?
The top states for the name Yohanna are California (75 births), Texas (45 births), Virginia (43 births).
How long has the name Yohanna been used?
The SSA has tracked Yohanna since 1972 -- 54 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Yohanna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yohana, Yohali, Yohanan, Yohaly, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Yohanna's data

  • Yohanna's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (365 total births) through the 2020s (277) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • California records the most Yohannas (75 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Yohanna

Nearby Names Like Yohanna

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Yohanna

Names with a similar popularity rank to Yohanna

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Yohanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 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, 1972–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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 Yohanna 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 August 2026.