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The first name Johna

A girl’s name.

2 syllables Female

Meaning and origin

From John + -a.

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Johna at birth, 1880–2025

In 2024, 5 girls born in the United States were named Johna, the 16,365th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1963, when 98 were.

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2,462
babies named Johna since 1880
#16,365
rank in 2024
1963
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Questions

What does the name Johna mean?
From John + -a.
Is Johna a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 2,462 US babies named Johna since 1880 were girls.
When was Johna most popular?
1963 in the United States, when 98 babies were named Johna, its highest rank at 1,100th.