Meaning not yet researched.
Johna: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,100 in 1963.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US girls were given it in 2025. It peaked at #1,100 in 1963. No US babies were recorded with the name Johna in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US girls in 2025; it peaked at #1,100 in 1963.
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Johna: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 girls in 2025. Peak: #1,100 in 1963 · most girls in one year: 98 (1963).
Fewer than five US girls were named Johna in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,100, reached in 1963. That year also had the most girls given the name: 98. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #2,486 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Johna in 86 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1925 with 11 babies. In all, 2,462 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 633 babies named Johna.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 13 US girls were named Johna; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 8.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Jonna (5,564 babies since 1880), Joanna (112,067 babies since 1880), Jonah (86,075 babies since 1880) and Johanna (54,376 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
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.
No nicknames listed for Johna in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #16,365 | — | — |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,267 | — | — |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,749 | — | — |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,833 | — | — |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,411 | — | — |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,073 | — | — |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,926 | — | — |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,205 | — | — |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,944 | — | — |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,460 | — | — |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,977 | — | — |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,342 | — | — |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,730 | — | — |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,608 | — | — |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,612 | — | — |
| 2000 | 31 | #4,022 | — | — |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,137 | — | — |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,709 | — | — |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,063 | — | — |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,463 | — | — |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,922 | 6 | #8,290 |
| 1994 | 39 | #3,005 | — | — |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,579 | — | — |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,365 | — | — |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,895 | — | — |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,106 | — | — |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,286 | — | — |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,822 | — | — |
| 1987 | 50 | #2,172 | — | — |
| 1986 | 39 | #2,535 | — | — |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,037 | — | — |
| 1984 | 41 | #2,355 | — | — |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,613 | — | — |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,389 | — | — |
| 1981 | 38 | #2,508 | — | — |
| 1980 | 39 | #2,456 | — | — |
| 1979 | 52 | #1,988 | — | — |
| 1978 | 38 | #2,366 | — | — |
| 1977 | 34 | #2,529 | — | — |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,919 | — | — |
| 1975 | 55 | #1,717 | — | — |
| 1974 | 37 | #2,190 | — | — |
| 1973 | 51 | #1,741 | — | — |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,867 | — | — |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,699 | — | — |
| 1970 | 53 | #1,728 | — | — |
| 1969 | 60 | #1,535 | — | — |
| 1968 | 58 | #1,496 | — | — |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,571 | — | — |
| 1966 | 65 | #1,356 | — | — |
| 1965 | 50 | #1,582 | — | — |
| 1964 | 86 | #1,193 | — | — |
| 1963 | 98 | #1,100 | — | — |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,581 | — | — |
| 1961 | 81 | #1,226 | — | — |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,029 | — | — |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,075 | — | — |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,803 | — | — |
| 1957 | 25 | #2,242 | — | — |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,568 | — | — |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,369 | — | — |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,264 | — | — |
| 1953 | 25 | #2,098 | — | — |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,094 | — | — |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,821 | — | — |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,486 | — | — |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,785 | — | — |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,886 | — | — |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,974 | — | — |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,990 | — | — |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,670 | — | — |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,849 | — | — |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,491 | — | — |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,595 | — | — |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,122 | — | — |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,561 | — | — |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,631 | — | — |
| 1937 | 9 | #3,044 | — | — |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,246 | — | — |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,532 | — | — |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,626 | — | — |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,610 | — | — |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,151 | — | — |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,500 | — | — |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,441 | — | — |
| 1925 | 11 | #3,035 | — | — |
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).