JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/lodash/4.17.4/lodash.min.js"></script>
<pre id="console">
</pre>
JavaScript
var originalJson = {"B": 2, "E": 4, "A": 1, "D": 4, "C": 3};
var sortedJson = _.chain(originalJson)
.map((val, key) => {
return { name: key, count: val }
})
.sortBy('count')
.value();
$('#console').append(JSON.stringify(sortedJson,false,2));