How rare is the name Johanna?

49,738 people in the United States have the first name Johanna, about 1 in 6,072. It ranks #905 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOHANNA

#905

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
49,738
About
1 in 6,072
This common or more
68.6%
Who bears it

Of the 49,738 people named Johanna, 51.3% reported their origin as White, 38% as Hispanic or Latino and 4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Johanna peaked in 1984, when 929 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1984
Births that year
929
In 2025*
309 ▼67%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 54,376 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Johanna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #349. The largest share of babies named Johanna, 21.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#367864
1890s#3491,373
1900s#4871,124
1910s#6232,542
1920s#7712,634
1930s#7552,526
1940s#8212,789
1950s#9972,634
1960s#9233,525
1970s#7555,197
1980s#5768,240
1990s#8206,071
2000s#8526,801
2010s#1,0275,836
2020s#1,4562,220
Before 19014.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2710.5%
Silent Generation 1928–458.5%
Baby boom 1946–6410.2%
Generation X 1965–8014.3%
Millennials 1981–9621.7%
Generation Z 1997–1219.1%
2013 and later11.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Johanna is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Johanna has been most common in New Jersey (1.9×), New York (1.9×), and California (1.6×), and least common in Arkansas (0.09×).

45,343 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Johanna

#903 Donovan · 49,795#904 Yesenia · 49,764#906 Celia · 49,709#907 Alisha · 49,566

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Johanna, most common first.

#304 Johnny · 183,104#307 Joanne · 181,755#372 Joann · 149,035#534 Joanna · 104,730#1,833 Johan · 15,883#2,352 Joana · 10,711#2,474 Johana · 9,968#2,741 Johnna · 8,555

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