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Johannes

#2,499 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Greek Ioannes

Johannes has been given to 2,314 babies in the U.S. since 1913. In 2025 it ranked #2,499 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 62 recorded.

Babies named Johannes, 2025

1 in 61,400

Johannes over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Johannes: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Greek Ioannes

Biblical Hebrew, Koine Greek, Late Latin, Latin and Old Norse

What Johannes means

Johannes is a form of Greek Ioannes.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān).

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Origin, language, and formation

Johannes is used in English, Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German and Hunsrik and additional language sections. Its origins include Biblical Hebrew, Koine Greek, Late Latin, Latin and Old Norse.

Johannes comes through Late Latin Iōhannēs, Latin Iōannēs, Koine Greek Ἰωάννης and Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Greek Ioannes, Iōannēs, John, Schwong, Hans, Jan, Jens, Jo, Johan and Jon.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Johannes is pronounced /dʒəʊˈhænɪs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,314 boys were recorded with the name Johannes between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 62 in 2019; its best national rank was #1,702 in 1966.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,306 in 2020 to #2,499 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,397 in 2015 to #2,499 in 2025.

How common is Johannes?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 61,400
54 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 31,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,499
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
42,555 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Johannes 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 42,555 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Johannes. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Johanness were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Johannes was born before 2000 — so the typical Johannes is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
21.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
49.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,135
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Choose a decade

2010s — 21.0% of all recorded uses (485).

Is Johannes 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
+573
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−193
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−102
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
87.1%
Peak was 2019 (62)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,702
1966

Spellings of Johannes

Johannes is not the most common spelling — Johann is, with 55.3% against Johannes's 26.3%.

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 Johannes is used

Across 1910–2025, Johannes was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 158,368 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Minnesota1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —
  7. 7Virginia1 in —

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. Johannes has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Johannes around the world

Where Johannes 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
    #2,952
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2007–2007
    #501
    in 2007
  • France
    1900–2025
    #4,670
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #8
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,134
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1946–2013
    #499
    in 2013

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

Notable people named Johannes

People whose public names include Johannes, 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.

Johannes in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Johannes. 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.

Johannes by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,499
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 193
Best rank ever
#1,702
1966
Peak year
2019
62 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,314
Count in 2025
54

Names similar to Johannes

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

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Names with a curve like Johannes

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

CharlestonEliazarSloanAramSalimJeronimoFabioNeftaliRobinsonJobKonradAlen

Sibling names for Johannes

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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