Johanna

Meaning: God is gracious
Origin: Latin (from Hebrew via Greek and Latin)

Girl's name · #871 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Johanna holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#871 in 2025). About 54,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Johanna is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 30 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Johanna is especially popular in Austria.

#10 in Austria (2025) · #80 in Hungary (2025) · #137 in Switzerland (2025) · #137 in Norway (2025) · #146 in Netherlands (2025) · #407 in Belgium (2025) · #586 in Ecuador (2025) · #644 in France (2025) · #679 in Mexico (2024) · #782 in Sweden (2025) · #795 in Ireland (2025) · #1,757 in England & Wales (2025) and 1 more.

Famous Johannas

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir — Icelandic politician
Johanna Spyri — Swiss writer (1827–1901)
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir — Icelandic-Danish singer
Johanna Konta — British female tennis player
Johanna Larsson — Swedish tennis player

In stories & tradition

Johanna — Fictional character appearing in the story of Sweeney Todd
Johanna Mason^pt — Catching Fire (book)

What Johannas become

Among 2,970 notable people named Johanna:

Medical professionals appear 3.04× more often than among typical names — e.g. Johanna Decker, German neurologist (1918–1977).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Johana (#2287), Johanna would rank around #722 with about 390 births last year — the newborns split about 79/21 between Johanna and Johana.

Similar names: Joanna · Corinne · Joanne · Susanna · Celia · Jessie

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