Yohana
Yohana is a name with a single cultural origin: Swahili.
- Swahili
Meaning & Origin of Yohana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yohana is a name with a single cultural origin: Swahili.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swahili
The Story of Yohana
American parents first put Yohana on the record books as a baby girl name in 1974, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 65 Yohanas were born — ranking #2,647 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 31% of all recorded Yohanas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #2,895 among baby girl names with 58 births, holding steady (+5%). In total, more than 1K Yohanas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Yohana
Yohana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Yohana's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #2,647. Use the chart and map above to compare Yohana's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.