Johanna is an established girls' name that peaked in 1984 and has grown less common since.
Johanna is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #871 for girl births in the United States (and #1,656 across all names), given to 309 babies. Johanna was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1984 (919 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 309 | 309 | #871 | — |
| 2024 | 319 | 319 | #848 | — |
| 2023 | 376 | 376 | #751 | — |
| 2022 | 358 | 358 | #789 | — |
| 2021 | 409 | 409 | #705 | — |
| 2020 | 449 | 449 | #645 | — |
| 2019 | 511 | 511 | #594 | — |
| 2018 | 590 | 590 | #533 | — |
| 2017 | 563 | 563 | #550 | — |
| 2016 | 562 | 562 | #555 | — |
| 2015 | 578 | 578 | #541 | — |
| 2014 | 571 | 571 | #542 | — |
| 2013 | 561 | 561 | #532 | — |
| 2012 | 640 | 640 | #478 | — |
| 2011 | 563 | 563 | #518 | — |
| 2010 | 697 | 697 | #440 | — |
| 2009 | 652 | 652 | #476 | — |
| 2008 | 708 | 708 | #449 | #13,500 |
| 2007 | 786 | 786 | #416 | — |
| 2006 | 857 | 857 | #378 | — |
| 2005 | 778 | 778 | #405 | — |
| 2004 | 585 | 590 | #503 | — |
| 2003 | 546 | 554 | #519 | — |
| 2002 | 612 | 622 | #466 | — |
| 2001 | 683 | 694 | #419 | #9,862 |
| 2000 | 594 | 605 | #468 | — |
| 1999 | 538 | 548 | #483 | — |
| 1998 | 512 | 519 | #497 | — |
| 1997 | 613 | — | #423 | — |
| 1996 | 589 | — | #432 | — |
| 1995 | 582 | — | #441 | — |
| 1994 | 574 | — | #440 | — |
| 1993 | 589 | — | #427 | — |
| 1992 | 671 | — | #391 | #6,373 |
| 1991 | 696 | — | #373 | #8,831 |
| 1990 | 707 | — | #374 | #6,105 |
| 1989 | 707 | — | #365 | — |
| 1988 | 750 | — | #332 | #5,441 |
| 1987 | 778 | — | #316 | #4,737 |
| 1986 | 811 | — | #304 | #5,087 |
| 1985 | 918 | — | #276 | #3,297 |
| 1984 | 929 | — | #265 | #4,056 |
| 1983 | 785 | — | #299 | #5,845 |
| 1982 | 801 | — | #307 | #5,988 |
| 1981 | 888 | — | #278 | #4,725 |
| 1980 | 873 | — | #286 | #4,711 |
| 1979 | 553 | — | #399 | #4,224 |
| 1978 | 520 | — | #396 | — |
| 1977 | 608 | — | #360 | — |
| 1976 | 621 | — | #344 | — |
| 1975 | 541 | — | #382 | — |
| 1974 | 576 | — | #375 | #5,588 |
| 1973 | 501 | — | #403 | #4,786 |
| 1972 | 410 | — | #455 | — |
| 1971 | 455 | — | #451 | — |
| 1970 | 412 | — | #485 | — |
| 1969 | 406 | — | #479 | — |
| 1968 | 303 | — | #557 | — |
| 1967 | 300 | — | #544 | — |
| 1966 | 328 | — | #522 | — |
| 1965 | 376 | — | #490 | — |
| 1964 | 377 | — | #503 | — |
| 1963 | 395 | — | #490 | — |
| 1962 | 355 | — | #520 | — |
| 1961 | 377 | — | #502 | — |
| 1960 | 308 | — | #558 | — |
| 1959 | 280 | — | #593 | — |
| 1958 | 275 | — | #598 | — |
| 1957 | 274 | — | #583 | — |
| 1956 | 291 | — | #548 | — |
| 1955 | 265 | — | #557 | — |
| 1954 | 227 | — | #602 | — |
| 1953 | 271 | — | #521 | — |
| 1952 | 268 | — | #516 | — |
| 1951 | 239 | — | #544 | — |
| 1950 | 244 | — | #529 | — |
| 1949 | 263 | — | #500 | — |
| 1948 | 273 | — | #488 | — |
| 1947 | 317 | — | #462 | — |
| 1946 | 272 | — | #478 | — |
| 1945 | 225 | — | #481 | — |
| 1944 | 278 | — | #431 | — |
| 1943 | 289 | — | #432 | — |
| 1942 | 320 | — | #401 | — |
| 1941 | 284 | — | #405 | — |
| 1940 | 268 | — | #418 | — |
| 1939 | 293 | — | #387 | — |
| 1938 | 261 | — | #418 | — |
| 1937 | 268 | — | #397 | — |
| 1936 | 250 | — | #406 | — |
| 1935 | 278 | — | #380 | — |
| 1934 | 281 | — | #381 | — |
| 1933 | 206 | — | #458 | — |
| 1932 | 245 | — | #419 | — |
| 1931 | 201 | — | #454 | — |
| 1930 | 243 | — | #425 | — |
| 1929 | 229 | — | #436 | — |
| 1928 | 207 | — | #476 | — |
| 1927 | 242 | — | #442 | — |
| 1926 | 228 | — | #447 | — |
| 1925 | 267 | — | #424 | — |
| 1924 | 300 | — | #397 | — |
| 1923 | 260 | — | #415 | — |
| 1922 | 272 | — | #401 | — |
| 1921 | 332 | — | #365 | — |
| 1920 | 297 | — | #382 | — |
| 1919 | 294 | — | #379 | — |
| 1918 | 307 | — | #373 | — |
| 1917 | 354 | — | #332 | — |
| 1916 | 366 | — | #317 | — |
| 1915 | 319 | — | #335 | — |
| 1914 | 256 | — | #329 | — |
| 1913 | 196 | — | #348 | — |
| 1912 | 188 | — | #332 | — |
| 1911 | 121 | — | #364 | — |
| 1910 | 141 | — | #327 | — |
| 1909 | 102 | — | #360 | — |
| 1908 | 103 | — | #356 | — |
| 1907 | 116 | — | #322 | — |
| 1906 | 108 | — | #323 | — |
| 1905 | 102 | — | #335 | — |
| 1904 | 125 | — | #285 | — |
| 1903 | 91 | — | #325 | — |
| 1902 | 114 | — | #295 | — |
| 1901 | 119 | — | #272 | — |
| 1900 | 144 | — | #270 | — |
| 1899 | 128 | — | #248 | — |
| 1898 | 161 | — | #230 | — |
| 1897 | 123 | — | #256 | — |
| 1896 | 157 | — | #221 | — |
| 1895 | 151 | — | #223 | — |
| 1894 | 127 | — | #238 | — |
| 1893 | 155 | — | #205 | — |
| 1892 | 141 | — | #217 | — |
| 1891 | 122 | — | #217 | — |
| 1890 | 108 | — | #235 | — |
| 1889 | 114 | — | #216 | — |
| 1888 | 118 | — | #209 | — |
| 1887 | 86 | — | #224 | — |
| 1886 | 105 | — | #193 | — |
| 1885 | 87 | — | #207 | — |
| 1884 | 73 | — | #222 | — |
| 1883 | 85 | — | #180 | — |
| 1882 | 74 | — | #188 | — |
| 1881 | 58 | — | #198 | — |
| 1880 | 64 | — | #191 | — |