Yochanan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yoh-khah-NAHN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Yochanan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Yochanan mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew original of John
“God is gracious”
Yochanan ben Zakkai was a leading first-century rabbi who founded the academy at Yavne.
Is Yochanan a girl's or a boy's name?
Yochanan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yochanan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Yochanan, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Yochanan in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yochanan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
Names like Yochanan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yitzchok Finnegan Tru Eitan Yeshua Yakov Yusuf Callahan Dakota Kairo Yaakov Ronan
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Yochanan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yochanan, updated 20 October 2026.