Meaning not yet researched.
Johanna: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 309 in 2025. Its best rank was #180 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #180 in 1883; #871 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Johanna in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#871 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #180.
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Johanna: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 309 girls in 2025. Peak: #180 in 1883 · most girls in one year: 919 (1984).
In 2025, 309 US girls were named Johanna, making it the 871st most common girls’ name of the year, down 23 places from #848 in 2024. That is 10 fewer than the 319 girls named Johanna in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #180, reached in 1883. The most girls given the name in a single year was 919, in 1984. For comparison, it was #541 in 2015 and #529 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Johanna in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 64 babies with the name. In all, 54,376 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 8,240 babies named Johanna.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,446 US girls were named Johanna; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 590. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,202 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Johanna ranked highest in Nebraska in 2025, at #362 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Joan (488,939 babies since 1880), Joanne (212,474 babies since 1880), Jenna (148,842 babies since 1880) and Joanna (112,067 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Jo.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German and Latvian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 24 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 6 | #362 | #385 |
| Nevada | 6 | #467 | #493 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #506 | #296 |
| Kentucky | 7 | #609 | #675 |
| Iowa | 5 | #616 | — |
| Kansas | 5 | #622 | #570 |
| Florida | 28 | #624 | #495 |
| Michigan | 12 | #657 | #538 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #663 | #461 |
| North Carolina | 14 | #708 | #411 |
| Washington | 8 | #770 | #534 |
| Minnesota | 6 | #782 | #492 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #815 | #494 |
| Georgia | 12 | #822 | #476 |
| Arizona | 7 | #859 | #896 |
| Indiana | 7 | #861 | #1,000 |
| New Jersey | 8 | #887 | #553 |
| Virginia | 8 | #890 | #608 |
| Maryland | 5 | #902 | #510 |
| Ohio | 10 | #918 | #719 |
| Tennessee | 7 | #940 | #595 |
| California | 30 | #943 | #471 |
| Colorado | 5 | #980 | #374 |
| Texas | 28 | #1,017 | #577 |
| New York | 13 | #1,117 | #553 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,165 | #561 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,322 | #489 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 309 | #871 | — | — |
| 2024 | 319 | #848 | — | — |
| 2023 | 376 | #751 | — | — |
| 2022 | 358 | #789 | — | — |
| 2021 | 409 | #705 | — | — |
| 2020 | 449 | #645 | — | — |
| 2019 | 511 | #594 | — | — |
| 2018 | 590 | #533 | — | — |
| 2017 | 563 | #550 | — | — |
| 2016 | 562 | #555 | — | — |
| 2015 | 578 | #541 | — | — |
| 2014 | 571 | #542 | — | — |
| 2013 | 561 | #532 | — | — |
| 2012 | 640 | #478 | — | — |
| 2011 | 563 | #518 | — | — |
| 2010 | 697 | #440 | — | — |
| 2009 | 652 | #476 | — | — |
| 2008 | 703 | #449 | 5 | #13,500 |
| 2007 | 786 | #416 | — | — |
| 2006 | 857 | #378 | — | — |
| 2005 | 778 | #405 | — | — |
| 2004 | 585 | #503 | — | — |
| 2003 | 546 | #519 | — | — |
| 2002 | 612 | #466 | — | — |
| 2001 | 677 | #419 | 6 | #9,862 |
| 2000 | 594 | #468 | — | — |
| 1999 | 538 | #483 | — | — |
| 1998 | 512 | #497 | — | — |
| 1997 | 613 | #423 | — | — |
| 1996 | 589 | #432 | — | — |
| 1995 | 582 | #441 | — | — |
| 1994 | 574 | #440 | — | — |
| 1993 | 589 | #427 | — | — |
| 1992 | 663 | #391 | 8 | #6,373 |
| 1991 | 691 | #373 | 5 | #8,831 |
| 1990 | 699 | #374 | 8 | #6,105 |
| 1989 | 707 | #365 | — | — |
| 1988 | 742 | #332 | 8 | #5,441 |
| 1987 | 769 | #316 | 9 | #4,737 |
| 1986 | 803 | #304 | 8 | #5,087 |
| 1985 | 904 | #276 | 14 | #3,297 |
| 1984 | 919 | #265 | 10 | #4,056 |
| 1983 | 779 | #299 | 6 | #5,845 |
| 1982 | 795 | #307 | 6 | #5,988 |
| 1981 | 880 | #278 | 8 | #4,725 |
| 1980 | 865 | #286 | 8 | #4,711 |
| 1979 | 544 | #399 | 9 | #4,224 |
| 1978 | 520 | #396 | — | — |
| 1977 | 608 | #360 | — | — |
| 1976 | 621 | #344 | — | — |
| 1975 | 541 | #382 | — | — |
| 1974 | 571 | #375 | 5 | #5,588 |
| 1973 | 495 | #403 | 6 | #4,786 |
| 1972 | 410 | #455 | — | — |
| 1971 | 455 | #451 | — | — |
| 1970 | 412 | #485 | — | — |
| 1969 | 406 | #479 | — | — |
| 1968 | 303 | #557 | — | — |
| 1967 | 300 | #544 | — | — |
| 1966 | 328 | #522 | — | — |
| 1965 | 376 | #490 | — | — |
| 1964 | 377 | #503 | — | — |
| 1963 | 395 | #490 | — | — |
| 1962 | 355 | #520 | — | — |
| 1961 | 377 | #502 | — | — |
| 1960 | 308 | #558 | — | — |
| 1959 | 280 | #593 | — | — |
| 1958 | 275 | #598 | — | — |
| 1957 | 274 | #583 | — | — |
| 1956 | 291 | #548 | — | — |
| 1955 | 265 | #557 | — | — |
| 1954 | 227 | #602 | — | — |
| 1953 | 271 | #521 | — | — |
| 1952 | 268 | #516 | — | — |
| 1951 | 239 | #544 | — | — |
| 1950 | 244 | #529 | — | — |
| 1949 | 263 | #500 | — | — |
| 1948 | 273 | #488 | — | — |
| 1947 | 317 | #462 | — | — |
| 1946 | 272 | #478 | — | — |
| 1945 | 225 | #481 | — | — |
| 1944 | 278 | #431 | — | — |
| 1943 | 289 | #432 | — | — |
| 1942 | 320 | #401 | — | — |
| 1941 | 284 | #405 | — | — |
| 1940 | 268 | #418 | — | — |
| 1939 | 293 | #387 | — | — |
| 1938 | 261 | #418 | — | — |
| 1937 | 268 | #397 | — | — |
| 1936 | 250 | #406 | — | — |
| 1935 | 278 | #380 | — | — |
| 1934 | 281 | #381 | — | — |
| 1933 | 206 | #458 | — | — |
| 1932 | 245 | #419 | — | — |
| 1931 | 201 | #454 | — | — |
| 1930 | 243 | #425 | — | — |
| 1929 | 229 | #436 | — | — |
| 1928 | 207 | #476 | — | — |
| 1927 | 242 | #442 | — | — |
| 1926 | 228 | #447 | — | — |
| 1925 | 267 | #424 | — | — |
| 1924 | 300 | #397 | — | — |
| 1923 | 260 | #415 | — | — |
| 1922 | 272 | #401 | — | — |
| 1921 | 332 | #365 | — | — |
| 1920 | 297 | #382 | — | — |
| 1919 | 294 | #379 | — | — |
| 1918 | 307 | #373 | — | — |
| 1917 | 354 | #332 | — | — |
| 1916 | 366 | #317 | — | — |
| 1915 | 319 | #335 | — | — |
| 1914 | 256 | #329 | — | — |
| 1913 | 196 | #348 | — | — |
| 1912 | 188 | #332 | — | — |
| 1911 | 121 | #364 | — | — |
| 1910 | 141 | #327 | — | — |
| 1909 | 102 | #360 | — | — |
| 1908 | 103 | #356 | — | — |
| 1907 | 116 | #322 | — | — |
| 1906 | 108 | #323 | — | — |
| 1905 | 102 | #335 | — | — |
| 1904 | 125 | #285 | — | — |
| 1903 | 91 | #325 | — | — |
| 1902 | 114 | #295 | — | — |
| 1901 | 119 | #272 | — | — |
| 1900 | 144 | #270 | — | — |
| 1899 | 128 | #248 | — | — |
| 1898 | 161 | #230 | — | — |
| 1897 | 123 | #256 | — | — |
| 1896 | 157 | #221 | — | — |
| 1895 | 151 | #223 | — | — |
| 1894 | 127 | #238 | — | — |
| 1893 | 155 | #205 | — | — |
| 1892 | 141 | #217 | — | — |
| 1891 | 122 | #217 | — | — |
| 1890 | 108 | #235 | — | — |
| 1889 | 114 | #216 | — | — |
| 1888 | 118 | #209 | — | — |
| 1887 | 86 | #224 | — | — |
| 1886 | 105 | #193 | — | — |
| 1885 | 87 | #207 | — | — |
| 1884 | 73 | #222 | — | — |
| 1883 | 85 | #180 | — | — |
| 1882 | 74 | #188 | — | — |
| 1881 | 58 | #198 | — | — |
| 1880 | 64 | #191 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).