Johan
Johan is ranked 536th among boys in 2024 (554 births). Its best rank was 451st, in 2008.
- Rank in 2024
- #536up 31 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5540.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2016659 births
- Best rank
- #451in 2008
- Since 1910
- 14,133people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,133 boys have been named Johan in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 659 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 38%. It has spent 27 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Johan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 52 | |
| 1920s | 71 | |
| 1930s | 27 | |
| 1940s | 37 | |
| 1950s | 46 | |
| 1960s | 110 | |
| 1970s | 198 | |
| 1980s | 445 | |
| 1990s | 890 | |
| 2000s | 4,429 | |
| 2010s | 5,362 | |
| 2020s | 2,466 |
In 2016, its biggest year
Johan was the 463rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Johan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Devpeak 2009
- Cianpeak 2007
- Malachipeak 2006
- Canonpeak 2019
- Hadipeak 2018
- Daylenpeak 2010
- Zavierpeak 2010
- Shaanpeak 2009
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.