Yochanan

#9,675 in 2025Boys' name

Form of John

Yochanan has been given to 290 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #9,675 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Yochanan, 2025

1 in 414,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Yochanan: meaning, origin, and history

Form of John

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Yochanan means

Yochanan is a form of John.

Meaning behind the documented name family

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

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include John.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 290 boys were recorded with the name Yochanan between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2014; its best national rank was #4,544 in 1984.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,603 in 2020 to #9,675 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,015 in 2015 to #9,675 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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Yochanan?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,675; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Yochanan 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Yochanan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Yochanans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Yochanan was born before 2010 — so the typical Yochanan is around 15 today.

Median birth year: 2010; About 15 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 31.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 71.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 290; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 31.7% of all recorded uses (92).

Is Yochanan 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: −715; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −3,072; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,660; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.80×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 50.0%; Peak was 2014 (16)
Years since peak: 11; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 40.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,544; 1984

Where Yochanan is used

Across 1910–2025, Yochanan was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 99,432 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in 100,000

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

Yochanan around the world

Where Yochanan 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
2014–2014
#4,632
in 2014

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Yochanan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,675
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 3,072
Best rank ever: #4,544; 1984
Peak year: 2014; 16 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 290
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Yochanan

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

Johanan Buchanan Cannan Kaynan Yohanan Kannan Finnan Keinan Yochanon Shannan Dartagnan Kaenan Thienan Brannan Jonan Tiernan Finan Kinan Elchanan Kiernan Renan Chanan Afnan Rhonan

Sibling names for Yochanan

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 Rhianna Adelle Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh Jaiden

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Caesar

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