Meaning not yet researched.
Johannes: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 54 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,703 in 1966.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,703 in 1966; #2,499 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Johannes in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,499 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1966, at #1,703.
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Johannes: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 54 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,703 in 1966 · most boys in one year: 62 (2019).
In 2025, 54 US boys were named Johannes, making it the 2,499th most common boys’ name of the year, up 574 places from #3,073 in 2024. That is 14 more than the 40 boys named Johannes in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,703, reached in 1966. The most boys given the name in a single year was 62, in 2019. For comparison, it was #2,398 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Johannes in 96 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1913 with 8 babies. In all, 2,314 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 485 babies named Johannes.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 507 US boys were named Johannes; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 62. In 2025 that was about 1 in 31,631 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Johannes ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #1,826 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). Rarer spellings such as Yohanes are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to John, Johnny and Jonathan.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Yohanes (54).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 9 | #1,826 | — |
| Florida | 5 | #1,958 | — |
| California | 7 | #2,087 | #1,415 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 54 | #2,499 |
| 2024 | — | — | 40 | #3,073 |
| 2023 | — | — | 52 | #2,559 |
| 2022 | — | — | 47 | #2,774 |
| 2021 | — | — | 36 | #3,269 |
| 2020 | — | — | 59 | #2,307 |
| 2019 | — | — | 62 | #2,244 |
| 2018 | — | — | 51 | #2,526 |
| 2017 | — | — | 53 | #2,434 |
| 2016 | — | — | 53 | #2,422 |
| 2015 | — | — | 54 | #2,398 |
| 2014 | — | — | 44 | #2,732 |
| 2013 | — | — | 47 | #2,577 |
| 2012 | — | — | 38 | #3,029 |
| 2011 | — | — | 37 | #3,080 |
| 2010 | — | — | 46 | #2,659 |
| 2009 | — | — | 51 | #2,502 |
| 2008 | — | — | 36 | #3,190 |
| 2007 | — | — | 43 | #2,781 |
| 2006 | — | — | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2005 | — | — | 39 | #2,777 |
| 2004 | — | — | 33 | #3,044 |
| 2003 | — | — | 51 | #2,166 |
| 2002 | — | — | 29 | #3,142 |
| 2001 | — | — | 44 | #2,294 |
| 2000 | — | — | 25 | #3,368 |
| 1999 | — | — | 28 | #2,979 |
| 1998 | — | — | 47 | #2,028 |
| 1997 | — | — | 44 | #2,040 |
| 1996 | — | — | 39 | #2,164 |
| 1995 | — | — | 39 | #2,120 |
| 1994 | — | — | 30 | #2,533 |
| 1993 | — | — | 23 | #2,982 |
| 1992 | — | — | 38 | #2,064 |
| 1991 | — | — | 30 | #2,367 |
| 1990 | — | — | 24 | #2,735 |
| 1989 | — | — | 28 | #2,385 |
| 1988 | — | — | 27 | #2,273 |
| 1987 | — | — | 37 | #1,772 |
| 1986 | — | — | 24 | #2,325 |
| 1985 | — | — | 21 | #2,464 |
| 1984 | — | — | 22 | #2,325 |
| 1983 | — | — | 20 | #2,451 |
| 1982 | — | — | 32 | #1,793 |
| 1981 | — | — | 28 | #1,969 |
| 1980 | — | — | 29 | #1,931 |
| 1979 | — | — | 19 | #2,509 |
| 1978 | — | — | 16 | #2,729 |
| 1977 | — | — | 12 | #3,285 |
| 1976 | — | — | 13 | #3,013 |
| 1975 | — | — | 17 | #2,495 |
| 1974 | — | — | 14 | #2,734 |
| 1973 | — | — | 19 | #2,172 |
| 1972 | — | — | 13 | #2,743 |
| 1971 | — | — | 11 | #3,057 |
| 1970 | — | — | 14 | #2,568 |
| 1969 | — | — | 22 | #1,787 |
| 1968 | — | — | 21 | #1,760 |
| 1967 | — | — | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1966 | — | — | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1965 | — | — | 16 | #2,037 |
| 1964 | — | — | 16 | #2,073 |
| 1963 | — | — | 14 | #2,256 |
| 1962 | — | — | 20 | #1,833 |
| 1961 | — | — | 6 | #3,833 |
| 1960 | — | — | 10 | #2,769 |
| 1959 | — | — | 14 | #2,249 |
| 1958 | — | — | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1957 | — | — | 7 | #3,401 |
| 1956 | — | — | 6 | #3,728 |
| 1955 | — | — | 8 | #3,092 |
| 1954 | — | — | 5 | #4,090 |
| 1953 | — | — | 6 | #3,613 |
| 1949 | — | — | 7 | #3,152 |
| 1948 | — | — | 7 | #3,159 |
| 1945 | — | — | 6 | #3,160 |
| 1942 | — | — | 6 | #3,388 |
| 1941 | — | — | 7 | #3,004 |
| 1939 | — | — | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1936 | — | — | 5 | #3,811 |
| 1933 | — | — | 8 | #2,865 |
| 1931 | — | — | 10 | #2,563 |
| 1930 | — | — | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1929 | — | — | 5 | #4,281 |
| 1927 | — | — | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1925 | — | — | 5 | #4,569 |
| 1924 | — | — | 11 | #2,742 |
| 1922 | — | — | 5 | #4,634 |
| 1921 | — | — | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1920 | — | — | 12 | #2,530 |
| 1919 | — | — | 7 | #3,573 |
| 1918 | — | — | 11 | #2,623 |
| 1917 | — | — | 11 | #2,494 |
| 1915 | — | — | 7 | #3,227 |
| 1914 | — | — | 6 | #3,088 |
| 1913 | — | — | 8 | #2,174 |
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).