John Variations & Nicknames
Honor John with a different spelling, a familiar short form, or a form used in another language. Each choice below identifies its connection to the name family and has its own U.S. popularity history.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An English form or familiar short form of John. | 8,027#23 | Up 4 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of John. | 8,748#15 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 1927 | ||
An Irish form of John or its anglicized spelling. | 616#489 | Down 155 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
A Spanish form of John. | 2,318#159 | Down 14 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of John. | 682#458 | Down 70 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
An Irish form of John or its anglicized spelling. | 399#682 | Down 230 rank positions in five years | 1971 | ||
A Welsh form of John. | 2,412#153 | Down 48 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
A Scottish form of John. | 3,924#83 | Steady | 2005 | ||
An Irish form of John or its anglicized spelling. | 439#636 | Down 129 rank positions in five years | 1973 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of John. | 246#951 | Down 141 rank positions in five years | 1964 | ||
A Slavic form of John. | 2,240#163 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of John. | 61#2,295 | Down 340 rank positions in five years | 1928 | ||
An Italian form or short form of John. | 2,939#123 | Down 3 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of John. | 62#2,269 | Up 132 rank positions in five years | 1951 | ||
An Irish form of John or its anglicized spelling. | 79#1,956 | Down 818 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
A French form of John. | 176#1,172 | Up 248 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
A Slavic form of John. | 47#2,731 | Down 675 rank positions in five years | 1954 | ||
An Italian form or short form of John. | 571#524 | Down 170 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
A Slavic form of John. | 93#1,746 | Down 342 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
A German or northern European form or short form of John. | 85#1,856 | Down 156 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of John. | 34#3,406 | Down 106 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
A Scottish form of John. | 11#7,353 | Down 4,614 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
A German or northern European form or short form of John. | 54#2,499 | Down 193 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
A Welsh form of John. | —Unranked | — | 2008 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.