Johannah

#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births

Peak · girls
1884 · 11 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,113
since 1880

Johannah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Johannah has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #640, 1884girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#5,23824
2024#6,93216
2023#5,96020
2022#5,98420
2021#4,96426
2020#5,66721
2019#4,07235
2018#4,23733
2017#3,99637
2016#3,13952
2015#2,45674
2014#2,61567
2013#2,45873
2012#2,18986
2011#2,66466
2010#1,847110
2009#2,39680
2008#2,95759
2007#2,89062
2006#2,63168
2005#2,73161
2004#3,39144
2003#3,53240
2002#2,64258
2001#2,76653
2000#2,81751
1999#2,07374
1998#2,49855
1997#2,25960
1996#2,34056
1995#2,36755
1994#2,07966
1993#2,24158
1992#2,35155
1991#2,73843
1990#2,60045
1989#2,44247
1988#2,15253
1987#3,10130
1986#2,02553
1985#2,48439
1984#2,78132
1983#2,43338
1982#2,90131
1981#3,14727
1980#3,41124
1979#2,99728
1978#3,00926
1977#3,17624
1976#3,18822
1975#3,05223
1974#3,11022
1973#3,01522
1972#3,89415
1971#6,0068
1970#3,87215
1969#3,31817
1968#4,48910
1967#3,65613
1966
1965#4,20210
1964#4,35510
1963#3,63513
1962#4,26310
1961#3,06017
1960#4,18410
1959#3,82711
1958#3,54312
1957#3,93010
1956#3,18614
1955#3,37712
1954#3,9679
1953#2,92114
1952#4,4837
1951#4,0118
1950#3,42310
1949#3,39310
1948#2,70114
1947#3,06112
1946#2,48215
1945#2,59812
1944#2,94610
1943#2,86111
1942#3,1949
1941#2,19015
1940#3,5037
1939#2,59211
1938#2,9409
1937#2,73510
1936
1935#4,2045
1934#2,74110
1933#4,2185
1932
1931#3,8486
1930#3,6587
1929
1928#2,62312
1927#3,8757
1926#3,5648
1925#3,6648
1924#4,0027
1923
1922#3,6558
1921#4,0237
1920#4,9755
1919#4,2516
1918#4,2916
1917#3,0929
1916#2,49812
1915#2,68810
1914#2,26510
1913#2,5407
1912
1911
1910
1909#2,2085
1908#2,1015
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903#1,2049
1902
1901
1900#1,9325
1899
1898#1,5026
1897#1,5555
1896#1,4166
1895#1,2028
1894
1893#95510
1892#1,0858
1891
1890#1,0068
1889
1888#8949
1887
1886
1885#9216
1884#64011
1883
1882#6788
1881
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Johannah was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Johannah is popular in 1893

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Johannah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,694 spots since 2024 (#6,932#5,238)
  • 429 spots since 2020 (#5,667#5,238)
  • 2,782 spots since 2015 (#2,456#5,238)
  • Biggest jump: 130 spots in 1893 (#1,085#955)
  • Biggest drop: 281 spots in 1885 (#640#921)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #640 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1884–1885
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,729
  • Highest: 1 in 11,729 girls born in 1884 were named Johannah (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 66,969 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 20.3% of all girls named Johannah (633) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s39#640 (1884)#794
1890s51#955 (1893)#1,246
1900s24#1,204 (1903)#1,861
1910s60#2,265 (1914)#3,089
1920s62#2,623 (1928)#3,798
1930s63#2,592 (1939)#3,367
1940s115#2,190 (1941)#2,893
1950s107#2,921 (1953)#3,667
1960s110#3,060 (1961)#3,907
1970s205#2,997 (1979)#3,532
1980s374#2,025 (1986)#2,688
1990s567#2,073 (1999)#2,355
2000s576#2,396 (2009)#2,875
2010s633#1,847 (2010)#2,967
2020s127#4,964 (2021)#5,791

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Johannah in 1893

girls
#955
10 births · 1 in 21,291 girls

Top girls' names in 1893

  1. #1Mary12,784
  2. #2Anna5,695
  3. #3Ruth3,658
  4. #4Margaret3,565
  5. #5Elizabeth3,360
  6. #6Helen3,249
  7. #7Florence3,231
  8. #8Ethel3,119
  9. #9Emma2,968
  10. #10Bertha2,623
  11. #955Johannah10
More about 1893

girls

212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 21,291 of them was named Johannah, which outranked 42.2% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johannah
  1. #901Tempie11
  2. #901Vella11
  3. #901Virdie11
  4. #955Johannah10
  5. #955Abby10
  6. #955Allena10
  7. #955Ana10
  8. #1,023Adline9
  9. #1,023Adrienne9
  10. #1,023Aggie9

Tied with 67 names at #955; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. 737Annabell#1,450#713
  2. 656Helma#1,450#794
  3. 634Claribel#1,278#644
  4. 624Jemima#1,450#826
  5. 616Buena#1,278#662
Fallers
  1. 641Ernest#796#1,437
  2. 576Orah#861#1,437
  3. 576Willia#861#1,437
  4. 551Jennette#726#1,277
  5. 515Velva#762#1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1893