Johanna
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Johanna
Johanna is the version of this name used in Holland, Germany, and Scandinavia. The extra h makes Johanna a slightly more dignified version of Joanna.
A notable namesake is the author of Heidi, Johanna Spyri. There are Johannas in Sweeney Todd, The Hunger Games, and the Bob Dylan song, "Visions of Johanna."
Johanna is also given to boys.
Pronounced jo-HAH-nuh.
As of October 2026, Johanna ranked #871 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #180 in 1883, Nameberry popularity #420.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #542 | 571 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #541 | 578 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #555 | 562 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #550 | 563 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #533 | 589 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #594 | 511 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #645 | 449 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #705 | 408 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #789 | 358 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #753 | 374 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #848 | 318 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #871 | 309 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Johanna on lists
Famous Johannas
- Johanna Maria "Jenny" LindGirl
Swedish opera singer
- Johanna CharlotteGirl
Princess of Anhalt,Dessau; Margravine of Brandenburg,Schwedt; Abbess of Herford Abbey
- Johanna Marina EleonoreGirl
Princess of Hesse and by Rhine, daughter of Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark; niece of Britain's Prince Philip
- Johanna Elizabeth BraddyGirl
American actress
- Johanna von TrappGirl
member of the Von Trapp Family Singers
- Johanna LarssonGirl
Swedish tennis player
- Johanna KontaGirl
Australian,British tennis player
- Johanna Lindsey (born Johanna Helen Howard)Girl
American romance novelist
- Johanna SigurdardottirGirl
former prime minister of Iceland
- Johanna SjöbergGirl
Swedish Olympic swimmer
- Johanna SpyriGirl
Swiss children's author
- Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir aka YohannaGirl
Icelandic pop singer
- Johanna Sofia Blåsippa (Sofia) KarlssonGirl
Swedish folk singer and instrumentalist
- Johanna LongGirl
American NASCAR driver
- Johanna Maria Ellinor BerglundGirl
Sällström, Swedish actress
- Johanna Rachel FatemanGirl
American writer and musician
Johanna in pop culture
- Johanna BarkerGirl
character and song in "Sweeney Todd"
- Johanna MasonGirl
character in the Hunger Games series
- Johanna ReyesGirl
character in the Divergent series
- Johanna BeckettGirl
character on TV's "Castle"
- Johanna PetitGirl
character in webcomic "The Author's Apprentice"
- Johanna RothermundGirl
main character in East German TV series "Johanna"
- "Visions of JohannaGirl
" song by Bob Dylan
- "Johanna of the Spirits"Girl
song by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
- "JohannaGirl
" song by The Stooges
- "JohannaGirl
" 2005 Hungarian film