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Ioan

#11,181 in 2025Boys' name

Form of John

Ioan has been given to 137 babies in the U.S. since 2004. In 2025 it ranked #11,181 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Ioan, 2025

1 in 553,000

Ioan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ioan: meaning, origin, and history

Form of John

Hebrew

What Ioan means

Ioan is a form of John.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ioan is used in Romanian, Welsh and Bulgarian.

Another recorded pronunciation is /i.ˈo̯an/ and /ˈjɔ.an/ for Ioan.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Ioan → John. The family’s meaning is “Yahweh is gracious”, recorded in the naming reference for John.

Origin, language, and formation

Ioan is used in Romanian and Welsh. Its origins include Hebrew.

Ioan comes through Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης and Hebrew יוֹחָנָן.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include John and יוֹחָנָן.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Romanian, Ioan is pronounced /joˈan/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 132 boys were recorded with the name Ioan between 2004 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2014; its best national rank was #7,227 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,315 in 2020 to #11,181 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,214 in 2015 to #11,181 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Ioan between 1917 and 1917. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1917; its best national rank was #4,916 in 1917.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ioan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,181
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ioan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ioan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ioans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ioan was born before 2013 — so the typical Ioan is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
40.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
132
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 40.9% of all recorded uses (54).

Is Ioan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−891
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,866
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+33
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
54.5%
Peak was 2014 (11)
Years since peak
11
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,227
2014

Spellings of Ioan

Ioan is not the most common spelling — John is, with 49.0% against Ioan's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ioan around the world

Where Ioan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #976
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2012–2012
    #669
    in 2012
  • Ireland
    2008–2025
    #829
    in 2025
  • France
    1976–2025
    #3,085
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2018
    #2,905
    in 2018
  • South Australia
    2000–2000
    #556
    in 2000

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Ioan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,181
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,866
Best rank ever
#7,227
2014
Peak year
2014
11 that year
First recorded
2004
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
132
Count in 2025
6

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,916
1917
Peak year
1917
5 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
1917
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ioan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ioan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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