Yohanan
Boy · yoh-hah-NAHN · Hebrew
Yohanan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Yohanan mean?
Hebrew: original Hebrew form of John
“God is gracious”
Borne by Yohanan ben Zakkai, a leading Jewish sage of the first century.
- Say it
- yoh-hah-NAHN
Is Yohanan a girl's or a boy's name?
Yohanan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yohanan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Yohanan, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Yohanan in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yohanan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Yohanan
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