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“God is gracious” — Hebrew via Greek and Latin origin
Girl's name · #871 in the US (2025) · Timeless
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. 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.
Around the world: #10 in Austria (2025) · #80 in Hungary (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 30 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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).
Similar names: Joanna · Corinne · Joanne · Susanna · Rosa · Celia
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