Johannah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Johannah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Johannah: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #310, and it was last ranked in 2017.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#310highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2017

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3824
2004	#3725
2007	#5201
2011	#5785
2012	#4171
2013	#5742
2015	#5730
2016	#4096
2017	#5765

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 15 of the 43 years from 1964 to 2006.

In 1996: #471 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3795 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2006
Highest recorded position: #310 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1964–2006).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #5765 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017.
England and Wales · Girls

Johannah appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 15 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 58 births with the name.

Johannah across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Johannah's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#372 (1964)	#310 (1966)	#764 (2006)	15 of 43	58 (1964–2006)	6 (1971)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3725 (2004)	#5765 (2017)	10 of 22	35 (1996–2017)	5 (2012)

Johannah by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Johannah in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	18	5 of 10	4
1970s	22	5 of 10	4
1980s	8	2 of 10	4
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Johannah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #310 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Johannah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#438	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2017, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #310, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1971.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

6decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 6 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
12separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,765position in 2017, its most recent recorded year
32 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 1971Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Johann · #196, 60y
Johanna · #44, 81y
Johanne · #47, 81y
Johannes · #6, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Anisha · #310, 29y
Mairin · #310, 19y
Michalina · #309, 19y
Emmanuella · #312, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Mairin · #310, 19y
Myrtle · #310, 18y
Paulette · #310, 10y
Ide · #312, 36y

Johannah was ranked #310 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1966. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Johannah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Johannah without appearing here.

Johannah moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5730 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #5785.
Finlay Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #5785.
Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #5785.
Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Johannah

Eabha Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3725 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Lauren Compare
In 1982 they stood at #428 and #469 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1983 that had become #438 and #195.
Ashleigh Compare
In 1988 they stood at #428 and #522 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1989 that had become #503 and #315.
Natasha Compare
In 1968 they stood at #310 and #380 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1969 that had become #443 and #288.

Moved the opposite way to Johannah

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Johannah went from #372 to #764 while Aisling went from #154 to #28.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Johannah went from #372 to #764 while Alexandra went from #222 to #79.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Johannah went from #372 to #764 while Charlotte went from #171 to #70.
Ciara Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Johannah went from #372 to #764 while Ciara went from #146 to #10.

Moved the same way as Johannah

Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Johannah went from #372 to #764 and Alice from #57 to #80.
Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Johannah went from #372 to #764 and Alma from #327 to #764.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Johannah went from #372 to #764 and Deirdre from #14 to #247.
Diane Compare
Between 1964 and 2006 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Johannah went from #372 to #764 and Diane from #215 to #764.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #310 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Johannah

Johannah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Johannah across 2 official records

Johannah by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Johannah across 2 official records

Johannah by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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