Jannik

#8,529 in 2025Boys' name

Yahweh is gracious, through Jan

Jannik has been given to 21 babies in the U.S. since 2008. In 2025 it ranked #8,529 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Jannik, 2025

1 in 368,000

Jannik over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jannik: meaning, origin, and history

Yahweh is gracious, through Jan

Breton, Czech, Low German, Slovak and West Frisian

What Jannik means

Jannik belongs to the name family reached through Jannik → Jan → John → John. Its meaning is “Yahweh is gracious”.

Origin, language, and formation

Jannik is used in Danish and German. Its origins include Breton, Czech, Low German, Slovak and West Frisian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jan and John.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 21 boys were recorded with the name Jannik between 2008 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2025; its best national rank was #8,529 in 2025.

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.

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How common is Jannik?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 368,000; 9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 190,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #8,529; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jannik 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 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jannik. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Janniks were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jannik was born before 2009 — so the typical Jannik is around 16 today.

Median birth year: 2009; About 16 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 57.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 21; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 57.1% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Jannik 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (9)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,529; 2025

Spellings of Jannik

Jannik is not the most common spelling — Dannie is, with 45.4% against Jannik's 0.10%.

Dannie45.4%9,137
Jonnie15.8%3,181
Annie9.6%1,927
Lannie9.2%1,858
Yannick5.3%1,073
Mannie5.2%1,054
Yanni3.9%781
Yannis2.9%586

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.

Jannik around the world

Where Jannik 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
2021–2021
#3,990
in 2021
France
1949–1966
#1,701
in 1966
Canada
2012–2012
#2,715
in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Jannik by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #8,529
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #8,529; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 9 that year
First recorded: 2008
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 21
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Jannik

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

Janier Janvier Janzel Janell Janeil Jansyn Janner Jannie Janine Jandre Jandell Janai Janluis Jangelo Janek Janak Janav Arnik Janluca Janari Janel Yannik Janiya Janziel

Sibling names for Jannik

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

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Leander

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