Johna

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #7,792
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1963 · 98 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,456
since 1925

Johna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Johna has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #1,099, 1963girls
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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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2016#11,7818—
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2014#16,5135—
2013#13,1507—
2012#8,20814—
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2010#7,88015—
2009#6,81119—
2008#7,07318—
2007#6,81219—
2006#8,23714—
2005#6,82017—
2004#6,21619—
2003#6,57617—
2002#7,44414—
2001#4,56426—
2000#3,98331—
1999#4,08828—
1998#4,63623—
1997#3,03639—
1996#3,42933—
1995#4,84620#7,7926
1994#2,98839—
1993#4,52422—
1992#3,34333—
1991#4,80820—
1990#3,07836—
1989#3,25332—
1988#2,80337—
1987#2,15650—
1986#2,51239—
1985#3,00830—
1984#2,34041—
1983#2,59534—
1982#2,36941—
1981#2,48838—
1980#2,44039—
1979#1,97752—
1978#2,35038—
1977#2,51534—
1976#1,91247—
1975#1,71355—
1974#2,17237—
1973#1,73251—
1972#1,85645—
1971#1,68654—
1970#1,71953—
1969#1,53160—
1968#1,49158—
1967#1,55952—
1966#1,35165—
1965#1,57550—
1964#1,19086—
1963#1,09998—
1962#1,57751—
1961#1,22481—
1960#2,01332—
1959#2,05430—
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1957#2,21825—
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1954#2,24023—
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First appearance
1925

The first year at least five girls were named Johna! It came in at #2,939, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1926–1927, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Johna is popular in 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedNHWashington: #531 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,561 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #740 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 13,881 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #861 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 11,675 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #694 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,609 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedHITexas: #1,324 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 22,352 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Johna, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#531 · 1 in 5,561
  2. Louisiana#694 · 1 in 7,609
  3. Pennsylvania#740 · 1 in 13,881
  4. California#861 · 1 in 11,675
  5. Texas#1,324 · 1 in 22,352

Best ever in a state: #337 in Oklahoma, 1976.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#53151 in 5,561
Louisiana#69451 in 7,609
Pennsylvania#74081 in 13,881
California#861151 in 11,675
Texas#1,32451 in 22,352
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Johna
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1925
  • Peaked 1963 at #1,099 (98 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,668
  • Highest: 1 in 19,668 girls born in 1963 were named Johna (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 25.8% of all girls named Johna (633) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s17#2,939 (1925)#3,567
1930s64#2,540 (1933)#3,564
1940s121#1,970 (1946)#2,644
1950s233#1,805 (1951)#2,252
1960s633#1,099 (1963)#1,461
1970s466#1,686 (1971)#1,963
1980s381#2,156 (1987)#2,596
1990s293#2,988 (1994)#3,878
2000s194#3,983 (2000)#6,454
2010s49#7,880 (2010)#11,506
2020s5#15,293 (2024)#15,293

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.

Johna in 1961

girls
#1,224
81 births · 1 in 24,920 girls

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #1,224Johna81
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 24,920 of them was named Johna, which outranked 83.7% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johna
  1. #1,217Pamelia82
  2. #1,217Suellen82
  3. #1,217Tanja82
  4. #1,224Johna81
  5. #1,224Ashley81
  6. #1,224Elida81
  7. #1,224Kathaleen81
  8. #1,232Alane80
  9. #1,232Chantay80
  10. #1,232Dorcas80

Tied with 7 names at #1,224; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →