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Johann

Gender
Boy
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#2,511 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,852 for boys

Johann is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 1,852nd for boys in the US (85 babies).

What does Johann mean?

Germanic

A male given name from German Johann.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Johann is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 85 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Johann in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,511th among boys
Babies in 2025
9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Johann, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 20 boys.

Half of all the boys named Johann in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. 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 Johann or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #635, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 20 in 20122025
Johann in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#2,511
20246#3,335
202312#2,024
20225#3,639
20218#2,619
20207#2,819
201914#1,756
20189#2,388
201711#2,174
20168#2,690
201511#2,127
20147#2,843
201315#1,636
201220#1,342
20119#2,311
201012#1,887
200918#1,391
200813#1,696
200710#1,987
200610#1,845
200511#1,701
200413#1,417
20035#2,574
20025#2,358
20014#2,714
20005#2,237
19998#1,582
19988#1,569
19979#1,412
19965#2,094

How popular is Johann in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,852nd among boys
Babies in 2025
85 about 1 in 20,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 85 boys in the US were named Johann, making it the 1,852nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,694th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 222 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.

Half of all the boys named Johann in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 779 boys in the US were given Johann or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #416, up from #1,852 for this spelling alone.

1912Busiest: 222 in 20102025
Johann in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202585#1,852
202491#1,795
202377#1,985
202287#1,839
202176#1,963
202092#1,694
201991#1,723
2018126#1,396
2017106#1,541
2016168#1,145
2015138#1,287
2014130#1,334
2013164#1,112
2012215#946
2011210#943
2010222#910
2009177#1,061
2008157#1,154
2007146#1,206
2006135#1,239
2005127#1,244
2004125#1,214
2003115#1,252
2002113#1,212
200189#1,396
200073#1,605
199962#1,689
199864#1,619
199753#1,787
199644#1,982
199551#1,731
199445#1,863
199334#2,252
199235#2,169
199146#1,738
199038#1,963
198930#2,239
198844#1,613
198740#1,682
198640#1,616
198549#1,388
198442#1,480
198335#1,650
198247#1,381
198130#1,864
198048#1,357
197948#1,340
197846#1,352
197736#1,546
197637#1,469
197536#1,478
197441#1,335
197337#1,376
197228#1,648
197126#1,744
197026#1,698
196926#1,604
196821#1,730
196717#1,905
196615#2,042
196519#1,805
196417#1,974
196316#2,043
196211#2,502
196110#2,704
19609#2,869
195913#2,294
195817#1,952
195716#2,018
19567#3,214
19558#2,962
19548#2,940
19538#2,904
19526#3,370
19515#3,712
19500–
19495#3,688
19485#3,665
19476#3,369
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19425#3,559
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19230–
19220–
19210–
19205#4,284
19190–
19185#4,178
19175#3,979
19160–
19156#3,391
19140–
19130–
19125#2,543

Names like Johann

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

Jaxon, Jenson, Mason, Grayson, Ethan, Jonah, Hudson, Jayden, Jacob, Noah, Austin, Ali

Other spellings of Johann

Johan, Yohan, Yohann

Names related to Johann

John, Johnny, Johnnie, Johny, Jonan, Joan, Jhoan

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles

Every Germanic name

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, “Johann: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/johann, updated 20 October 2026.