NameTides

Johan

Johan was the #572 boys' name in the US in 2025 (516 babies), and #1,007 in England & Wales and #676 in Canada.

Johan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Johan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Johan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#572 (516)#1,007 (30)—#676 (4)#676 (41)
2024#536 (555)#857 (37)—#327 (12)#729 (36)
2023#563 (517)#1,042 (28)—#770 (3)#837 (29)
2022#580 (501)#1,314 (20)—#572 (5)#876 (28)
2021#629 (438)#1,139 (24)——#875 (28)
2020#599 (458)#1,273 (20)—#556 (5)#619 (41)
2019#580 (481)#908 (32)—#764 (3)#542 (51)
2018#576 (480)#1,061 (26)—#635 (4)#732 (34)
2017#502 (577)#1,097 (26)——#665 (38)
2016#463 (659)#818 (39)—#713 (3)#601 (45)
2015#559 (514)#1,236 (21)—#699 (3)#588 (45)
2014#581 (478)#754 (42)—#550 (5)#575 (47)
2013#534 (496)#692 (47)#520 (5)#479 (6)#809 (29)
2012#480 (566)#719 (46)—#548 (5)#627 (39)
2011#499 (520)#1,158 (22)—#540 (5)#792 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #463.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1910.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Johan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 3,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Johan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #375ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #392NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #362NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #545INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #335NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #442CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #563VAMaryland: #364MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #447NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #499GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #477TXFlorida: #466FL
Johan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#45827

Johan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JohanCanadaGirls—too few
JohanCanadaBoys#67641
JohanEngland & WalesBoys#1,00730
JohanIrelandBoys#6764
JohanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JohanScotlandGirls—too few
JohanScotlandBoys—too few
JohanUSGirls—too few
JohanUSBoys#572516