Johanna Girl
How popular is Johanna?
#869 girl name in 2025
309 baby girls were named Johanna in the US in 2025, making it the 869th most popular girl name.
Johanna popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #869 for girls (▼ 21 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 309 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-47% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #541 in 2015, #644 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1984 (919 girls) |
| Highest rank | #179 in 1883 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Johanna counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Johanna family of names ranked #653 for girls in 2025 (#616 the year before), with 413 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Johanna is most popular
Babies named Johanna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.5 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- Maryland: 0.4 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- Washington: 0.3 per 1,000 (46 girls)
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (71 girls)
Johanna by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 864 | #179 |
| 1890s | 1,373 | #203 |
| 1900s | 1,124 | #270 |
| 1910s | 2,542 | #317 |
| 1920s | 2,634 | #365 |
| 1930s | 2,526 | #380 |
| 1940s | 2,789 | #401 |
| 1950s | 2,634 | #515 |
| 1960s | 3,525 | #479 |
| 1970s | 5,177 | #344 |
| 1980s | 8,163 | #265 |
| 1990s | 6,050 | #373 |
| 2000s | 6,790 | #377 |
| 2010s | 5,836 | #440 |
| 2020s | 2,220 | #644 |
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Questions
- Is Johanna a boy or girl name?
- Johanna is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Johanna were girls.
- How popular is the name Johanna?
- 309 baby girls were named Johanna in the US in 2025, making it the 869th most popular girl name.
- When was Johanna most popular?
- Johanna peaked in 1984, when 919 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #179 in 1883.
- How many people are named Johanna?
- 54,376 babies have been named Johanna in the US since 1880. We estimate about 41,477 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 37.
- Where is Johanna most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Johanna was most common in Minnesota, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.