Yohana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yoh-AH-nuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Yohana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Yohana mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Johanna, feminine form of John
“God is gracious”
A spelling of Johanna, the feminine form of John.
Is Yohana a girl's or a boy's name?
Yohana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yohana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Yohana, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 7 girls.
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were given Yohana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,359, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Yohana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
How popular is Yohana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,516th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Yohana, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 65 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Yohana in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 102 girls in the US were given Yohana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,669, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
Yohana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,857 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,434 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,814 |
| 2018 | 65 | #2,646 |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,247 |
| 2016 | 42 | #3,656 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,649 |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,650 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,511 |
| 2012 | 53 | #3,133 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
Names like Yohana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusra, Raya, Amira, Khadija, Amara, Safa, Maryam, Anaya, Ayla, Dakota, Eliana, Aisha
Other spellings of Yohana
Names related to Yohana
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, “Yohana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yohana, updated 20 October 2026.