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
Yohanna's 1,025 recorded births place it above 89.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
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
- Peak year (2022)
- 65
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Currently ranks #3851 among girls.
1,025 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 65 births in a single year.
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
- 1970s 27
1970s
27 births
- 1980s 65
1980s
65 births
- 1990s 94
1990s
94 births
- 2000s
2000s
197 births
- 2010s
2010s
365 births
- 2020s
2020s
277 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 365 births (36% of all-time use).
Yohanna decade highlights
- Peak decade 365 births
- Runner-up 277 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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 by state
Where Yohanna concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| 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% |
75 of 1,025 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.3% of nationwide
- Texas 4.4% of nationwide
- Virginia 4.2% of nationwide
- Maryland 2.5% of nationwide
- Washington 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.3% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Yohanna appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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.
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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.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
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.
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