Johanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- joh-HAN-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #869 for girls
Johanna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 869th for girls in the US (309 babies).
What does Johanna mean?
Hebrew: Latin and German feminine form of John
“God is gracious”
A form of Joanna, one of the women Luke's Gospel places at Jesus's empty tomb.
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Is Johanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Johanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 309 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Johanna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Johanna, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 56 girls.
Half of all the girls named Johanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Johanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | 28 | #1,296 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,384 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,245 |
| 2008 | 39 | #908 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,215 |
| 2004 | 24 | #1,081 |
| 2003 | 29 | #936 |
| 2002 | 24 | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 33 | #800 |
| 2000 | 25 | #954 |
| 1999 | 33 | #766 |
| 1998 | 44 | #638 |
| 1997 | 56 | #540 |
| 1996 | 47 | #582 |
How popular is Johanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 869th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 309 about 1 in 5,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 309 girls in the US were named Johanna, making it the 869th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 644th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 919 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Johanna than any year since 1968.
Half of all the girls named Johanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 333 girls in the US were given Johanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #794, up from #869 for this spelling alone.
- Johanna 309
- Johannah 24
Johanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 309 | #869 |
| 2024 | 319 | #848 |
| 2023 | 376 | #749 |
| 2022 | 358 | #789 |
| 2021 | 409 | #704 |
| 2020 | 449 | #644 |
| 2019 | 511 | #593 |
| 2018 | 590 | #533 |
| 2017 | 563 | #549 |
| 2016 | 562 | #554 |
| 2015 | 578 | #541 |
| 2014 | 571 | #542 |
| 2013 | 561 | #532 |
| 2012 | 640 | #478 |
| 2011 | 563 | #518 |
| 2010 | 697 | #440 |
| 2009 | 652 | #476 |
| 2008 | 703 | #449 |
| 2007 | 786 | #416 |
| 2006 | 857 | #377 |
| 2005 | 778 | #405 |
| 2004 | 585 | #503 |
| 2003 | 546 | #519 |
| 2002 | 612 | #466 |
| 2001 | 677 | #419 |
| 2000 | 594 | #468 |
| 1999 | 538 | #483 |
| 1998 | 512 | #495 |
| 1997 | 613 | #423 |
| 1996 | 589 | #432 |
| 1995 | 582 | #441 |
| 1994 | 574 | #439 |
| 1993 | 589 | #426 |
| 1992 | 663 | #391 |
| 1991 | 691 | #373 |
| 1990 | 699 | #374 |
| 1989 | 707 | #364 |
| 1988 | 742 | #332 |
| 1987 | 769 | #316 |
| 1986 | 803 | #304 |
| 1985 | 904 | #276 |
| 1984 | 919 | #265 |
| 1983 | 779 | #299 |
| 1982 | 795 | #307 |
| 1981 | 880 | #278 |
| 1980 | 865 | #286 |
| 1979 | 544 | #399 |
| 1978 | 520 | #396 |
| 1977 | 608 | #360 |
| 1976 | 621 | #344 |
| 1975 | 541 | #382 |
| 1974 | 571 | #374 |
| 1973 | 495 | #402 |
| 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 | #502 |
| 1963 | 395 | #490 |
| 1962 | 355 | #520 |
| 1961 | 377 | #501 |
| 1960 | 308 | #558 |
| 1959 | 280 | #592 |
| 1958 | 275 | #598 |
| 1957 | 274 | #582 |
| 1956 | 291 | #547 |
| 1955 | 265 | #554 |
| 1954 | 227 | #601 |
| 1953 | 271 | #519 |
| 1952 | 268 | #515 |
| 1951 | 239 | #543 |
| 1950 | 244 | #526 |
| 1949 | 263 | #499 |
| 1948 | 273 | #487 |
| 1947 | 317 | #461 |
| 1946 | 272 | #478 |
| 1945 | 225 | #481 |
| 1944 | 278 | #431 |
| 1943 | 289 | #432 |
| 1942 | 320 | #401 |
| 1941 | 284 | #403 |
| 1940 | 268 | #417 |
| 1939 | 293 | #386 |
| 1938 | 261 | #418 |
| 1937 | 268 | #396 |
| 1936 | 250 | #406 |
| 1935 | 278 | #380 |
| 1934 | 281 | #381 |
| 1933 | 206 | #457 |
| 1932 | 245 | #419 |
| 1931 | 201 | #454 |
| 1930 | 243 | #425 |
| 1929 | 229 | #434 |
| 1928 | 207 | #474 |
| 1927 | 242 | #441 |
| 1926 | 228 | #446 |
| 1925 | 267 | #423 |
| 1924 | 300 | #397 |
| 1923 | 260 | #414 |
| 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 | #328 |
| 1913 | 196 | #347 |
| 1912 | 188 | #331 |
| 1911 | 121 | #362 |
| 1910 | 141 | #325 |
| 1909 | 102 | #360 |
| 1908 | 103 | #356 |
| 1907 | 116 | #322 |
| 1906 | 108 | #323 |
| 1905 | 102 | #334 |
| 1904 | 125 | #284 |
| 1903 | 91 | #324 |
| 1902 | 114 | #295 |
| 1901 | 119 | #271 |
| 1900 | 144 | #270 |
| 1899 | 128 | #248 |
| 1898 | 161 | #230 |
| 1897 | 123 | #256 |
| 1896 | 157 | #221 |
| 1895 | 151 | #223 |
| 1894 | 127 | #237 |
| 1893 | 155 | #203 |
| 1892 | 141 | #217 |
| 1891 | 122 | #217 |
| 1890 | 108 | #234 |
| 1889 | 114 | #216 |
| 1888 | 118 | #207 |
| 1887 | 86 | #224 |
| 1886 | 105 | #192 |
| 1885 | 87 | #204 |
| 1884 | 73 | #221 |
| 1883 | 85 | #179 |
| 1882 | 74 | #186 |
| 1881 | 58 | #196 |
| 1880 | 64 | #191 |
Nicknames for Johanna
Names like Johanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anna, Jessica, Eliza, Emma, Jemima, Elizabeth, Sarah, Joanna, Lydia, Josephine, Emily, Hannah
Other spellings of Johanna
Names related to Johanna
Jannah, Joanne, Jianna, Janna, Joana, Janina, Jeanna, Johnnie, Johana
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Johanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/johanna, updated 20 October 2026.