NameTides

John

John was the #23 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8,027 babies), and #174 in England & Wales and #63 in Canada.

John as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
John as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSNorthern IrelandCanadaScotlandEngland & Wales
John as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0501001502001880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#23 (8,027)#174 (296)#102 (50)#67 (35)#29 (164)#63 (430)——
2024#21 (8,087)#164 (304)#78 (66)#67 (38)#29 (168)#73 (378)——
2023#26 (7,804)#158 (334)#101 (52)#70 (35)#31 (152)#73 (369)——
2022#26 (8,001)#150 (360)#111 (51)#79 (34)#36 (160)#80 (375)——
2021#27 (8,186)#154 (359)#86 (70)#48 (57)#28 (198)#75 (434)——
2020#27 (8,265)#150 (361)#92 (62)#77 (38)#26 (193)#63 (469)—#99 (74)
2019#28 (8,863)#131 (431)#82 (79)#70 (46)#30 (209)#74 (433)#97 (95)—
2018#26 (9,204)#122 (486)#76 (85)#60 (50)#27 (241)#59 (515)——
2017#27 (9,536)#118 (513)#63 (101)#32 (73)#22 (266)#58 (545)#83 (108)—
2016#28 (10,060)#120 (512)#56 (121)#47 (64)#25 (269)#59 (577)#95 (101)#95 (70)
2015#26 (10,423)#108 (594)#59 (119)#44 (65)#28 (266)#59 (578)#80 (120)—
2014#26 (10,701)#101 (601)#40 (154)#53 (56)#25 (293)#56 (611)#95 (108)—
2013#27 (10,739)#107 (576)#51 (136)#49 (62)#27 (287)#63 (544)#89 (115)#100 (66)
2012#28 (10,638)#104 (618)#51 (139)#47 (67)#25 (297)#67 (533)#89 (122)—
2011#27 (11,068)#100 (645)#43 (175)#38 (76)#26 (312)#63 (550)#84 (126)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #1.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 210 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 5. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 210common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 920common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 390common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 240common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 140very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 370common

Next year

On its recent trend, John is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 210 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 210 to 1 in 220.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

John by state, 2025Alaska: #46AKMaine: #44MEWisconsin: #31WIVermont: #102VTNew Hampshire: #20NHWashington: #40WAIdaho: #28IDMontana: #24MTNorth Dakota: #49NDMinnesota: #36MNIllinois: #22ILMichigan: #22MINew York: #24NYMassachusetts: #13MAOregon: #85ORNevada: #54NVWyoming: #13WYSouth Dakota: #50SDIowa: #41IAIndiana: #33INOhio: #34OHPennsylvania: #19PANew Jersey: #26NJConnecticut: #19CTRhode Island: #9RICalifornia: #79CAUtah: #61UTColorado: #48CONebraska: #59NEMissouri: #21MOKentucky: #12KYWest Virginia: #39WVVirginia: #10VAMaryland: #24MDDelaware: #9DEArizona: #100AZNew Mexico: #90NMKansas: #20KSArkansas: #11ARTennessee: #10TNNorth Carolina: #10NCSouth Carolina: #6SCDistrict of Columbia: #7DCOklahoma: #23OKLouisiana: #5LAMississippi: #3MSAlabama: #1ALGeorgia: #8GAHawaii: #10HITexas: #35TXFlorida: #33FL
John (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#66180
Quebec2025#20926

John (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
JohnCanadaGirls—too few
JohnCanadaBoys#63430
JohnEngland & WalesBoys#174296
John-England & WalesBoys—too few
JohnIrelandBoys#29164
JohnNorthern IrelandBoys#6735
JohnNSWBoys—too few
JohnScotlandGirls—too few
JohnScotlandBoys#10250
JohnUSGirls#13,2086
JohnUSBoys#238,027
JohnVICBoys—too few