Johanna

Johanna was the #869 girls' name in the US in 2025 (309 babies), and #1,719 in England & Wales and #750 in Canada.

Johanna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Johanna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandEngland & Wales
Johanna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#869 (309)#1,719 (17)——#718 (4)#750 (39)
2024#848 (319)#1,603 (19)——#556 (6)#917 (30)
2023#749 (376)#2,063 (13)——#495 (7)#698 (40)
2022#789 (358)#1,767 (16)——#634 (5)#882 (30)
2021#704 (409)#1,351 (23)——#517 (7)#627 (47)
2020#644 (449)#2,300 (11)——#628 (5)#623 (46)
2019#593 (511)#2,458 (10)——#421 (9)#623 (49)
2018#533 (590)#1,586 (19)——#512 (7)#632 (47)
2017#549 (563)#1,219 (28)——#579 (6)#604 (50)
2016#554 (562)#1,278 (26)——#585 (6)#702 (42)
2015#541 (578)#1,783 (16)——#660 (5)#569 (53)
2014#542 (571)#1,299 (25)#802 (3)—#494 (8)#671 (44)
2013#532 (561)#1,253 (27)——#459 (9)#690 (41)
2012#478 (640)#1,483 (21)—#451 (3)#612 (6)#685 (42)
2011#518 (563)#2,275 (11)#810 (3)#444 (3)#937 (3)#776 (35)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1883 at #179.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Johanna is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,900 to 1 in 6,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Johanna by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #815INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #939CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #796GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,006TXFlorida: #617FL
Johanna (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#93212

Johanna (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JohannaCanadaGirls#75039
JohannaEngland & WalesGirls#1,71917
JohannaIrelandGirls#7184
JohannaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JohannaScotlandGirls—too few
JohannaUSGirls#869309
JohannaUSBoys—too few