How Many People Are Named Johanna?
people named Johanna are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,314 people in the US has this name
Based on 54,376 babies named Johanna in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
929 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinate form of Ioanna (see JOANNA).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Johanna (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Johanna alive today is about 36 years old, and 43% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 19 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Johanna first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1984, to 929 babies. In 2025, 309 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Johanna has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #180, in 1883. In 2025 it ranked #871.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #871 |
| Best rank | #180 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #312 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Johanna alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Johanna were born in California than in any other state: about 7,079 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Johanna was given 1.9 times as often in New Jersey, 1.9 times in New York and 1.5 times in California.
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