Johana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yoh-AH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,276 for girls
Johana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 2,276th for girls in the US (80 babies).
What does Johana mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Johanna, feminine of Johannes
“God is gracious”
A spelling of Johanna, the Latin feminine form of Johannes (John), common in Latin America.
Is Johana a girl's or a boy's name?
Johana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 80 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Johana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 4 girls.
Johana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Johana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 80 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 80 girls in the US were named Johana, making it the 2,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,034th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 329 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had fewer girls named Johana than any year since 1987.
Half of all the girls named Johana in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 girls in the US were given Johana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,690, up from #2,276 for this spelling alone.
- Johana 80
- Ioanna 20
Johana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #2,276 |
| 2024 | 117 | #1,732 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,946 |
| 2022 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2021 | 95 | #2,024 |
| 2020 | 91 | #2,034 |
| 2019 | 107 | #1,875 |
| 2018 | 132 | #1,616 |
| 2017 | 143 | #1,534 |
| 2016 | 110 | #1,865 |
| 2015 | 106 | #1,908 |
| 2014 | 109 | #1,853 |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,705 |
| 2012 | 118 | #1,744 |
| 2011 | 167 | #1,372 |
| 2010 | 224 | #1,105 |
| 2009 | 233 | #1,091 |
| 2008 | 231 | #1,117 |
| 2007 | 296 | #915 |
| 2006 | 311 | #858 |
| 2005 | 329 | #789 |
| 2004 | 235 | #1,003 |
| 2003 | 297 | #825 |
| 2002 | 221 | #994 |
| 2001 | 320 | #749 |
| 2000 | 206 | #1,019 |
| 1999 | 127 | #1,388 |
| 1998 | 122 | #1,403 |
| 1997 | 152 | #1,192 |
| 1996 | 133 | #1,294 |
| 1995 | 118 | #1,389 |
| 1994 | 131 | #1,290 |
| 1993 | 104 | #1,505 |
| 1992 | 128 | #1,309 |
| 1991 | 113 | #1,416 |
| 1990 | 164 | #1,075 |
| 1989 | 89 | #1,570 |
| 1988 | 85 | #1,550 |
| 1987 | 72 | #1,677 |
| 1986 | 71 | #1,656 |
| 1985 | 79 | #1,535 |
| 1984 | 72 | #1,565 |
| 1983 | 57 | #1,838 |
| 1982 | 80 | #1,489 |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,490 |
| 1980 | 121 | #1,125 |
| 1979 | 38 | #2,430 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 33 | #2,348 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
Nicknames for Johana
Names like Johana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Jessica, Eliana, Maryam, Amara, Fatima, Ava, Amira, Isabella, Khadija, Sienna, Anaya
Other spellings of Johana
Names related to Johana
Joanna, Jana, Johanna, Joan, Joana, Johannah, Johanne, Johnna, Johanny
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Johana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/johana, updated 20 October 2026.