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Johann: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 85 in 2025. Its best rank was #912 in 2010.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #912 in 2010; #1,856 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Johann in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,856 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2010, at #912.
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Johann: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 85 boys in 2025. Peak: #912 in 2010 · most boys in one year: 222 (2010).
In 2025, 85 US boys were named Johann, making it the 1,856th most common boys’ name of the year, down 57 places from #1,799 in 2024. That is 6 fewer than the 91 boys named Johann in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #912, reached in 2010. That year also had the most boys given the name: 222. For comparison, it was #1,294 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Johann in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,459, reached in 1934. That year also had the most girls given the name: 26. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #5,646 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Johann in 108 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1912 with 5 babies. In all, 5,519 US babies have been given the name, 12% of them girls and 88% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,570 babies named Johann.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 999 US boys were named Johann; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 168. In 2025 that was about 1 in 20,095 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Johann ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #1,108 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include John (5,204,377 babies since 1880), Jack (759,677 babies since 1880), Joan (488,939 babies since 1880) and Jean (483,475 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to John.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,108 | #748 |
| New York | 9 | #1,249 | #1,113 |
| Florida | 9 | #1,300 | #818 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,365 | #1,056 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,383 | #1,037 |
| California | 12 | #1,474 | #853 |
| Texas | 6 | #2,412 | #1,591 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 85 | #1,856 |
| 2024 | — | — | 91 | #1,799 |
| 2023 | — | — | 77 | #1,992 |
| 2022 | — | — | 87 | #1,844 |
| 2021 | — | — | 76 | #1,972 |
| 2020 | — | — | 92 | #1,700 |
| 2019 | — | — | 91 | #1,730 |
| 2018 | — | — | 126 | #1,397 |
| 2017 | — | — | 106 | #1,547 |
| 2016 | — | — | 168 | #1,146 |
| 2015 | — | — | 138 | #1,294 |
| 2014 | — | — | 130 | #1,338 |
| 2013 | — | — | 164 | #1,113 |
| 2012 | — | — | 215 | #946 |
| 2011 | — | — | 210 | #947 |
| 2010 | — | — | 222 | #912 |
| 2009 | — | — | 177 | #1,062 |
| 2008 | — | — | 157 | #1,158 |
| 2007 | — | — | 146 | #1,212 |
| 2006 | — | — | 135 | #1,243 |
| 2005 | — | — | 127 | #1,248 |
| 2004 | 5 | #17,315 | 125 | #1,221 |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,925 | 115 | #1,259 |
| 2002 | — | — | 113 | #1,219 |
| 2001 | — | — | 89 | #1,407 |
| 2000 | — | — | 73 | #1,621 |
| 1999 | — | — | 62 | #1,704 |
| 1998 | — | — | 64 | #1,633 |
| 1997 | — | — | 53 | #1,804 |
| 1996 | — | — | 44 | #2,004 |
| 1995 | — | — | 51 | #1,745 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,061 | 45 | #1,877 |
| 1993 | — | — | 34 | #2,269 |
| 1992 | — | — | 35 | #2,197 |
| 1991 | 5 | #14,117 | 46 | #1,757 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,697 | 38 | #1,994 |
| 1989 | — | — | 30 | #2,269 |
| 1988 | — | — | 44 | #1,630 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,429 | 40 | #1,696 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,944 | 40 | #1,628 |
| 1985 | — | — | 49 | #1,401 |
| 1984 | — | — | 42 | #1,493 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,962 | 35 | #1,675 |
| 1982 | — | — | 47 | #1,386 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,695 | 30 | #1,878 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,527 | 48 | #1,365 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,871 | 48 | #1,344 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,991 | 46 | #1,361 |
| 1977 | — | — | 36 | #1,557 |
| 1976 | — | — | 37 | #1,481 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,419 | 36 | #1,488 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,109 | 41 | #1,341 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,823 | 37 | #1,389 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,810 | 28 | #1,665 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,255 | 26 | #1,757 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,449 | 26 | #1,727 |
| 1969 | — | — | 26 | #1,624 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,562 | 21 | #1,759 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,229 | 17 | #1,944 |
| 1966 | — | — | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1965 | — | — | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,193 | 17 | #2,015 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,568 | 16 | #2,077 |
| 1962 | 8 | #5,055 | 11 | #2,588 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,684 | 10 | #2,799 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,393 | 9 | #2,967 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,793 | 13 | #2,352 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,815 | 17 | #1,984 |
| 1957 | 10 | #4,052 | 16 | #2,053 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,579 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,661 | 8 | #3,091 |
| 1954 | — | — | 8 | #3,062 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,324 | 8 | #3,034 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,111 | 6 | #3,555 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,598 | 5 | #3,977 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,646 | — | — |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,943 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,921 | 5 | #3,927 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,824 | 6 | #3,545 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,671 | — | — |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,269 | — | — |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,939 | — | — |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,190 | — | — |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,477 | 5 | #3,828 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,586 | — | — |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,863 | — | — |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,760 | — | — |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,980 | — | — |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,603 | — | — |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,529 | — | — |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,581 | — | — |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,459 | — | — |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,684 | — | — |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,305 | — | — |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,361 | — | — |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,150 | — | — |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,503 | — | — |
| 1928 | 10 | #3,044 | — | — |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,713 | — | — |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,164 | — | — |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,746 | — | — |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,224 | — | — |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,502 | — | — |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,785 | 5 | #4,633 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,197 | 5 | #4,484 |
| 1917 | — | — | 5 | #4,273 |
| 1915 | — | — | 6 | #3,625 |
| 1912 | — | — | 5 | #2,723 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).