Johanna

What Johanna means

Means “God is gracious”

From Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.

Source: Wiktionary, “Johanna” (revision 93878649), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Johanna?

US: Falling: down from #541 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #1783 in 2015, #1719 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1883, when 85 girls got the name (#179 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 5,202 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 14,899 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NE (0.85 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.65 per 1,000 girls), CT (0.52 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Johanna is #869 in the US and #1719 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Johanna were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Johana80 US
• Johannah24 US
• Johanny14 US
• Johany6 US
• Jhianna5 US
• Johani5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Johanna

Girls

• Adriana#366Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #366 vs #951 in 2025
• Adrianna#872Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #294 in 2015, #872 in 2025
• Natalie#89Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2006, with 10,951 babies; 2,736 in 2025
• Anna#107Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #107 in 2025
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Emily#34“rival, emulator”^*

For a brother

• Victor#209“conqueror”^*
• Anthony#46“flower”^*
• Quentin#965“fifth”^*
• Marcus#258Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 5,996 babies; 1,341 in 2025
• Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Dominick#622Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 1,780 babies; 448 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Johanna’s. Rank is US 2025.