girl's name

Johana

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 10,474

Ireland

#955

2014 births

Johana is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 80 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2005, when 329 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 41,442 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1915.

Johana over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,679
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Johana by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 17
1920s 10
1930s 10
1940s 5
1950s 12
1960s 44
1970s 181
1980s 807
1990s 1,303
2000s 2,679
2010s 1,338
2020s (to 2025) 572

How popular is Johana?

In 2025, Johana was given to 80 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Johana is used

Ireland #955 3 in 2014
France #2,088 15 in 2025
United States #2,286 80 in 2025
Canada #2,739 7 in 2018
England & Wales #6,518 3 in 2021

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Johana

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Johana also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Johana over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Johana

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Johana — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Johana

How popular is the name Johana?

In 2025, Johana was given to 80 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Johana a girl's or a boy's name?

Johana is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Johana most popular?

Johana peaked in 2005, when 329 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Johana a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Johana currently ranks #2,088 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.