Johnna
Pronounced JH AA1 N N AA1 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1963
- 106 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Johnna?
Johnna is a girls' name, and first appears in 1919. It has been given to 15,594 children — the 1,077th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 359 births across the past decade, against a peak of 878 in a single year. That peak was in 1963.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Jonna and Jonnah — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Johnna and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Jonna
- Jonnah
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- JH AA1 N N AA1
- Stress pattern:
- 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Johnna
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Johnna
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Johnna?
- Johnna ranks 1,077th among girls' names in US records, with 15,594 births since 1919. Over the past decade it accounts for 359.
- Is Johnna a unisex name?
- No. Johnna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Johnna most popular?
- 1963, when 878 children were given the name. It has been in use for 106 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Johnna spelled?
- Jonna, Jonnah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.