Johanna

#869 for girls in 2025, 309 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1883 · 85 births
Debut · girls
64 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
54,247
since 1880

Johanna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Johanna has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #179, 1883girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#869309—
2024#848319—
2023#749376—
2022#789358—
2021#704409—
2020#644449—
2019#593511—
2018#533590—
2017#549563—
2016#554562—
2015#541578—
2014#542571—
2013#532561—
2012#478640—
2011#518563—
2010#440697—
2009#476652—
2008#449703#12,5535
2007#416786—
2006#377857—
2005#405778—
2004#503585—
2003#519546—
2002#466612—
2001#419677#9,2436
2000#468594—
1999#483538—
1998#495512—
1997#423613—
1996#432589—
1995#441582—
1994#439574—
1993#426589—
1992#391663#6,1288
1991#373691#8,2365
1990#374699#5,8238
1989#364707—
1988#332742#5,2008
1987#316769#4,5739
1986#304803#4,8538
1985#276904#3,21614
1984#265919#3,92510
1983#299779#5,4846
1982#307795#5,6196
1981#278880#4,5098
1980#286865#4,4958
1979#399544#4,0689
1978#396520—
1977#360608—
1976#344621—
1975#382541—
1974#374571#5,2275
1973#402495#4,5056
1972#455410—
1971#451455—
1970#485412—
1969#479406—
1968#557303—
1967#544300—
1966#522328—
1965#490376—
1964#502377—
1963#490395—
1962#520355—
1961#501377—
1960#558308—
1959#592280—
1958#598275—
1957#583274—
1956#548291—
1955#555265—
1954#602227—
1953#520271—
1952#516268—
1951#544239—
1950#527244—
1949#500263—
1948#488273—
1947#461317—
1946#478272—
1945#481225—
1944#431278—
1943#432289—
1942#401320—
1941#403284—
1940#417268—
1939#386293—
1938#418261—
1937#396268—
1936#406250—
1935#380278—
1934#381281—
1933#457206—
1932#419245—
1931#454201—
1930#425243—
1929#434229—
1928#474207—
1927#441242—
1926#446228—
1925#423267—
1924#397300—
1923#414260—
1922#401272—
1921#365332—
1920#382297—
1919#379294—
1918#373307—
1917#332354—
1916#317366—
1915#335319—
1914#328256—
1913#347196—
1912#331188—
1911#362121—
1910#325141—
1909#360102—
1908#356103—
1907#322116—
1906#323108—
1905#334102—
1904#284125—
1903#32491—
1902#295114—
1901#271119—
1900#270144—
1899#248128—
1898#230161—
1897#256123—
1896#221157—
1895#223151—
1894#237127—
1893#203155—
1892#217141—
1891#217122—
1890#234108—
1889#216114—
1888#207118—
1887#22486—
1886#192105—
1885#20487—
1884#22173—
1883#17985—
1882#18674—
1881#19658—
1880#19164—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Johanna was already there! It came in at #191, and was given to 64 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 88 girls a year got the name.

Where Johanna is popular in 1887

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Johanna
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 21 spots since 2024 (#848 → #869)
  • 225 spots since 2020 (#644 → #869)
  • 328 spots since 2015 (#541 → #869)
  • Biggest jump: 113 spots in 1980 (#399 → #286)
  • Biggest drop: 99 spots in 2024 (#749 → #848)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #179 (85 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,321
  • Highest: 1 in 1,321 girls born in 1883 were named Johanna (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,202 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 15.0% of all girls named Johanna (8,163) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s864#179 (1883)#202
1890s1,373#203 (1893)#229
1900s1,124#270 (1900)#314
1910s2,542#317 (1916)#343
1920s2,634#365 (1921)#418
1930s2,526#380 (1935)#412
1940s2,789#401 (1942)#449
1950s2,634#516 (1952)#559
1960s3,525#479 (1969)#516
1970s5,177#344 (1976)#405
1980s8,163#265 (1984)#303
1990s6,050#373 (1991)#428
2000s6,790#377 (2006)#450
2010s5,836#440 (2010)#528
2020s2,220#644 (2020)#767

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Johanna in 1887

girls
#224
86 births · 1 in 1,697 girls

Top girls' names in 1887

  1. #1Mary9,888
  2. #2Anna4,227
  3. #3Elizabeth2,681
  4. #4Emma2,647
  5. #5Margaret2,419
  6. #6Minnie2,215
  7. #7Bertha2,037
  8. #8Clara1,984
  9. #9Florence1,964
  10. #10Ida1,929
  11. #224Johanna86
More about 1887

girls

145,981 girls got a published name in 1887; 1 in 1,697 of them was named Johanna, which outranked 82.8% of the 1,306 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johanna
  1. #221Harriett89
  2. #221Hester89
  3. #223Lura87
  4. #224Johanna86
  5. #225Jeanette85
  6. #225Lucile85
  7. #225Marian85
Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Ossie#1,108 → #537
  2. ↑ 522Albertine#1,108 → #586
  3. ↑ 475Grayce#1,108 → #633
  4. ↑ 447Berenice#1,108 → #661
  5. ↑ 447Elfrieda#1,108 → #661
Fallers
  1. ↓ 591Faith#556 → #1,147
  2. ↓ 541Jo#606 → #1,147
  3. ↓ 541Leanna#606 → #1,147
  4. ↓ 541Manie#606 → #1,147
  5. ↓ 430Drusilla#606 → #1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1887 →