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Johann

#1,856 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Iohannes

Johann has been given to 5,519 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #1,856 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 222 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% boys, 12% girls all-time.

Babies named Johann, 2025

1 in 39,000

Johann over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Johann over time

In 2025, Johann went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19122025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Johann: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Iohannes

German

What Johann means

Johann is a form of Iohannes.

Origin, language, and formation

Johann is used in English, German and Norwegian Bokmål. Its origins include German.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Iohannes, Johannes, John and Jóhann.

Pronunciation and spelling

In German, Johann is pronounced /ˈjoːhan/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,869 boys were recorded with the name Johann between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 222 in 2010; its best national rank was #912 in 2010.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,700 in 2020 to #1,856 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,294 in 2015 to #1,856 in 2025.

In the United States, 650 girls were recorded with the name Johann between 1918 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 26 in 1934; its best national rank was #1,459 in 1934.

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 Johann?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 39,000
85 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 20,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,856
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
27,035 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Johann 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 27,035 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Johann. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Johanns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Johann was born before 2007 — so the typical Johann is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
32.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
67.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,822
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 32.2% of all recorded uses (1,570).

Is Johann 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
−57
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−156
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−562
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.62×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
38.3%
Peak was 2010 (222)
Years since peak
15
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#912
2010

Spellings of Johann

Johann is not the most common spelling — John is, with 92.8% against Johann's 0.09%.

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.

Where Johann is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Johann was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 10,000 boys, against 1 in 18,056 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

110 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 10,000
  2. 2California1 in 12,500
  3. 3Florida1 in 12,500
  4. 4Illinois1 in 14,286
  5. 5New Jersey1 in 16,667
  6. 6Texas1 in 16,667
  7. 7Maryland1 in 25,000
  8. 8Minnesota1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Johann is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Johann was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 487,198 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —
  2. 2Ohio1 in —
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Johann has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Johann around the world

Where Johann 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
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    1972–2020
    #741
    in 2020
  • France
    1902–2025
    #1,209
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #483
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,232
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1945–2012
    #514
    in 2012

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

Notable people named Johann

People whose public names include Johann, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Johann in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Johann. Linked forms have their own page here.

IanIonIvoJanJonEvanGianHansIoanIvanIwanJaanJackJeanJoanJoaoJohnJuanSeanYannYvanHannsIeuanIvano

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Johann by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,856
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 156
Best rank ever
#912
2010
Peak year
2010
222 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,869
Count in 2025
85

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,459
1934
Peak year
1934
26 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
2004
All-time count
650
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Johann

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

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Names with a curve like Johann

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Johann, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

LathanJaysenBrighamMarekAndreyKyronElanAjayEamonJaiEanTaj

Sibling names for Johann

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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