Johanne

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Johanne: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #47 in 1998, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
97times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#47highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Johanne's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 33 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 116 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among girls in Norway · 1945–2025

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#112
1946	#118
1947	#118
1948	#133
1949	#126
1950	#138
1951	#133
1952	#134
1953	#158
1954	#148
1955	#137
1956	#163
1957	#150
1958	#206
1959	#203
1960	#266
1961	#150
1962	#137
1963	#244
1964	#241
1965	#177
1966	#206
1967	#211
1968	#308
1969	#242
1970	#328
1971	#291
1972	#287
1973	#311
1974	#307
1975	#247
1976	#283
1977	#224
1978	#239
1979	#177
1980	#206
1981	#178
1982	#170
1983	#171
1984	#201
1985	#173
1986	#171
1987	#197
1988	#141
1989	#126
1990	#113
1991	#121
1992	#124
1993	#100
1994	#98
1995	#84
1996	#73
1997	#57
1998	#47
1999	#58
2000	#51
2001	#58
2002	#58
2003	#51
2004	#48
2005	#49
2006	#54
2007	#54
2008	#56
2009	#54
2010	#55
2011	#69
2012	#60
2013	#63
2014	#58
2015	#72
2016	#57
2017	#53
2018	#63
2019	#55
2020	#67
2021	#57
2022	#55
2023	#59
2024	#57
2025	#47

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

RisingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 1988: #141 among girls in Norway, #407 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1945–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #112 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #47 among girls in Norway, in 1998 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #47 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Johanne appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 5,250 births with the name.

Johanne 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.

Johanne'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
Norway · Girls	#112 (1945)	#47 (1998)	#47 (2025)	81 of 81	5,250 (1945–2025)	147 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#351 (1969)	#286 (1979)	#407 (1988)	16 of 20	103 (1969–1988)	14 (1979)

Johanne by decade in Norway · 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 Johanne in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	224	5 of 10	45
1950s	293	10 of 10	29
1960s	200	10 of 10	20
1970s	172	10 of 10	17
1980s	370	10 of 10	37
1990s	999	10 of 10	100
2000sbusiest	1,281	10 of 10	128
2010s	1,047	10 of 10	105
2020s	664	6 of 10	111

Across Norway · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 128 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2000 and 2001, when recorded births fell by 30, from 142 to 112.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Johanne 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 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #47 in Norway in 2025.

Johanne'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
2025	Norway	female	#47	134	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#57	111	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#59	106	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#55	116	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#57	102	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#67	95	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#55	106	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#63	99	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#53	108	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#57	107	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#72	90	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#58	109	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#63	104	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#60	110	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#69	97	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#55	117	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#54	125	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#56	111	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#54	127	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#54	123	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#49	143	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#48	142	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#51	133	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#58	123	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#58	112	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#51	142	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#58	124	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#47	147	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#57	125	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#73	115	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#84	107	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#98	88	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#100	86	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#124	65	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#121	69	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#113	73	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#126	62	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#141	53	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#197	31	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#171	38	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#173	34	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#201	26	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#171	33	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#170	35	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#178	32	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#206	26	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#177	31	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#239	20	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#224	21	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#283	15	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#247	18	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#307	14	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#311	13	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#287	15	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#291	14	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#328	11	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#242	18	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#308	12	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#211	21	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#206	20	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#177	24	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#241	16	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#244	15	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#137	34	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#150	28	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#266	12	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#203	18	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#206	17	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#150	28	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#163	27	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#137	37	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#148	32	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#158	29	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#134	37	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#133	35	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#138	33	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#126	42	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#133	38	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#118	46	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#118	51	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#112	47	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	9	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	10	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	14	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	12	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#360	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #47, first reached in 1998.

It held a top-100 place in 33 years, 33 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 147 births, registered in Norway in 1998.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1969, and 24 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.

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.

Johanna · #44, 81y
Johannah · #310, 24y
Johannes · #6, 81y
John · #1, 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.

Henning · #46, 81y
Mads · #46, 80y
Erling · #43, 81y
Aina · #52, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Aase · #47, 58y
Beate · #47, 70y
Torunn · #47, 59y
Henning · #46, 81y

Johanne was ranked #47 in Norway · Girls in 1998. 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.

Johanne 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 Johanne without appearing here.

Johanne moved ahead of

Jude Compare
In 1976 they stood at #428 and #340 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1977 that had become #348 and #468.
Åse Compare
In 1987 they stood at #197 and #168 in Norway · Girls; by 1988 that had become #141 and #233.
Ingrid Compare
In 1987 they stood at #458 and #458 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1988 that had become #407 and #492.
Berit Compare
In 1987 they stood at #197 and #175 in Norway · Girls; by 1988 that had become #141 and #225.

Moved ahead of Johanne

Jamie Compare
In 1983 they stood at #335 and #351 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #459 and #221.
Jade Compare
In 1983 they stood at #335 and #533 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #459 and #236.
Hayley Compare
In 1983 they stood at #335 and #533 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #459 and #280.
Saoirse Compare
In 1983 they stood at #335 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #459 and #308.

Moved the opposite way to Johanne

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Johanne went from #112 to #47 while Anita went from #162 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Johanne went from #112 to #47 while Anne went from #1 to #159.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Johanne went from #112 to #47 while Åse went from #25 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Johanne went from #112 to #47 while Aud went from #13 to #427.

Moved the same way as Johanne

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Johanne went from #112 to #47 and Ada from #229 to #18.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Johanne went from #112 to #47 and Alma from #293 to #8.
Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Johanne went from #112 to #47 and Elise from #223 to #63.
Ella Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Johanne went from #112 to #47 and Ella from #137 to #4.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #47 in Norway in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Johanne

Johanne at a glance

What stands out in Johanne's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Johanne across 2 official records

Johanne by decade in Norway · Girls

Johanne appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Johanne

Johanne and the names beside it

Johanne moved ahead of

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Moved the same way as Johanne

Johanne at a glance

What stands out in Johanne's record

Johanne across 2 official records

Johanne by decade in Norway · Girls

Johanne appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Johanne

Johanne and the names beside it

Johanne moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Johanne

Moved the opposite way to Johanne

Moved the same way as Johanne