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Johan

Rank in 2024
#536
Born in 2024
554
Peak year
2016 · #463
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 554 boys were named Johan, about 1 in every 3,096.
  • It peaked in 2016 with 659 babies, ranked #463.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1910.
  • 14,133 boys have been named Johan since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Johan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.3
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 109 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 49 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 119 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 294 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 858 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,554 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,150 babies, 0.28 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

An archaic variant of Joan, from Old French Johan, from Latin Johanna. Cf. John.

  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Johan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    John

    Rank
    #21
    Born '24
    8,047
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19472024
  • GirlBoySteady

    Juan

    Rank
    #137
    Born '24
    2,601
    Origin
    Manx
    1880peak 20052024
  • GirlBoySteady

    Jon

    Rank
    #890
    Born '24
    265
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 19642024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Joan

    Rank
    #1,012
    Born '24
    220
    Origin
    Catalan
    1880peak 20022024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Jean

    Rank
    #1,140
    Born '24
    184
    Origin
    French
    1880peak 19932024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Johann

    Rank
    #1,798
    Born '24
    91
    Origin
    German Johann
    1880peak 20102024