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Johan

Gender
Boy
Say it
YOH-han
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#1,080 for boys
US rank, 2025
#572 for boys

Johan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 1,080th for boys in the UK (30 babies) and 572nd for boys in the US (516 babies).

What does Johan mean?

Hebrew: Scandinavian, Dutch and German form of John

“God is gracious”

More on Wiktionary.

Is Johan a girl's or a boy's name?

Johan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the UK and 516 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Johan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,080among boys
Babies in 2025
30about 1 in 10,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 30 boys in the UK were named Johan, making it the 1,080th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 52 boys.

Half of all the boys named Johan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 57 boys in the UK were given Johan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #635, up from #1,080 for this spelling alone.

In 2016, 2% of the babies named Johan in the UK were girls.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,007th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 52 in 20132025
Johan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202530#1,080
202437#923
202328#1,131
202221#1,364
202124#1,227
202020#1,356
201933#970
201826#1,142
201728#1,115
201641#855
201522#1,268
201444#791
201352#708
201246#779
201124#1,164
201033#951
200939#818
200835#872
200732#896
200624#1,034
200517#1,267
200418#1,140
200310#1,608
200215#1,151
20016#2,049
200012#1,235
199918#930
199811#1,259
19977#1,678
199618#852

How popular is Johan in the US?

Rank in 2025
#572among boys
Babies in 2025
516about 1 in 3,300 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 12% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 516 boys in the US were named Johan, making it the 572nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 599th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 659 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910.

Half of all the boys named Johan in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 779 boys in the US were given Johan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #416, up from #572 for this spelling alone.

1910Busiest: 659 in 20162025
Johan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025516#572
2024555#536
2023517#563
2022501#580
2021438#629
2020458#599
2019481#580
2018480#576
2017577#502
2016659#463
2015514#559
2014478#581
2013496#534
2012566#480
2011520#499
2010592#453
2009573#478
2008616#451
2007530#498
2006476#531
2005440#546
2004395#573
2003388#570
2002447#510
2001393#547
2000172#900
1999180#835
1998150#938
1997117#1,081
199692#1,215
199578#1,322
199469#1,405
199338#2,086
199269#1,354
199157#1,522
199040#1,904
198958#1,428
198858#1,351
198765#1,193
198627#2,094
198533#1,793
198447#1,381
198342#1,469
198247#1,381
198138#1,576
198030#1,852
197936#1,598
197831#1,718
197723#2,063
197624#1,998
197515#2,635
197415#2,547
197312#2,855
197213#2,658
197111#2,971
197017#2,212
196917#2,045
196812#2,444
196710#2,610
196611#2,464
196516#1,986
196417#1,974
19636#3,645
196211#2,502
196110#2,704
19600–
19599#2,820
19580–
19579#2,820
195610#2,626
19559#2,763
19540–
19539#2,708
19520–
19510–
19500–
19496#3,296
19488#2,787
19479#2,670
19466#3,171
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19418#2,655
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
193510#2,396
19340–
19330–
19327#3,091
19310–
193010#2,607
19295#3,957
19289#2,842
19270–
192611#2,565
19257#3,406
19245#4,345
19236#3,819
19229#3,013
192112#2,501
19207#3,488
19199#2,876
191813#2,259
19170–
19169#2,729
19159#2,620
19147#2,650
19130–
19120–
19110–
19105#1,588

Names like Johan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ethan Jonah Jaxon Noah Jude Caleb Hudson Grayson Roman Jenson Asher Jacob

Other spellings of Johan

Yohan Johann Yohann

Names related to Johan

John Johnny Jowan Jahan Jihan Johny Joan Jhon Jhoan

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Johan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/johan, updated 20 October 2026.