NameTides

Johann

Johann was the #1,852 boys' name in the US in 2025 (85 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #1,443 in Canada.

Johann as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Johann as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Johann as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,852 (85)#2,440 (9)—#1,443 (16)
2024#1,795 (91)#3,255 (6)—#1,246 (18)
2023#1,986 (77)#2,008 (11)—#1,192 (18)
2022#1,839 (87)#3,450 (5)—#2,229 (7)
2021#1,964 (76)#2,493 (8)—#1,653 (11)
2020#1,694 (92)#2,682 (7)#741 (3)#1,454 (13)
2019#1,723 (91)#1,655 (14)—#1,835 (9)
2018#1,396 (126)#2,259 (9)—#1,471 (12)
2017#1,541 (106)#2,052 (11)—#1,720 (10)
2016#1,145 (168)#2,556 (8)—#1,346 (14)
2015#1,287 (138)#2,020 (11)—#1,164 (17)
2014#1,334 (130)#2,964 (6)—#1,107 (18)
2013#1,112 (164)#1,539 (15)—#1,312 (14)
2012#946 (215)#1,270 (20)—#1,257 (15)
2011#943 (210)#2,194 (9)—#1,399 (13)

Johann as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Scotland
Johann as a girl’s name, US, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020
Johann as a girl’s name, US, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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
YearUSScotland
2004#16,099 (5)—
2003#15,784 (5)—
1994#10,569 (7)—
1991#13,147 (5)—
1990#10,193 (7)—
1987#9,825 (6)#507 (4)
1986#8,523 (7)—
1985—#402 (6)
1983#10,275 (5)—
1982—#530 (3)
1981#7,409 (8)—
1980#8,178 (7)—
1979#10,210 (5)—
1978#8,562 (6)#520 (3)
1975#7,984 (6)#497 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #910.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 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 20,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Johann is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Johann by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,438CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Johann (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#1,2178

Johann (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
JohannCanadaBoys#1,44316
JohannEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
JohannIrelandBoys—too few
JohannNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JohannNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JohannScotlandGirls—too few
JohannUSGirls—too few
JohannUSBoys#1,85285