Johanna
Johanna is ranked 848th among girls in 2024 (318 births). Its best rank was 180th, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- #848down 95 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3180.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 1984918 births
- Best rank
- #180in 1883
- Since 1880
- 53,933people given the name
The story in the numbers
53,933 girls have been named Johanna in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1984, with 918 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 542 → 848).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1980s alone account for 15%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Johanna | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 864 | |
| 1890s | 1,373 | |
| 1900s | 1,124 | |
| 1910s | 2,542 | |
| 1920s | 2,634 | |
| 1930s | 2,526 | |
| 1940s | 2,789 | |
| 1950s | 2,634 | |
| 1960s | 3,525 | |
| 1970s | 5,177 | |
| 1980s | 8,163 | |
| 1990s | 6,050 | |
| 2000s | 6,790 | |
| 2010s | 5,835 | |
| 2020s | 1,907 |
In 1984, its biggest year
Johanna was the 265th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1984 were Jennifer, Jessica, Ashley, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1984.
Names that rose and fell with Johanna
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Susannapeak 1958
- Magdalenapeak 2007
- Nanapeak 2000
- Ninapeak 1980
- Elizabethpeak 1990
- Katharinepeak 1982
- Emiliepeak 2003
- Juliapeak 2001
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.