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John
Pronounced /d͡ʒɑn/
Rank in 2024
#11,649
Born in 2024
8
Peak year
1927 · #318
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:8,047 in 2024 (#21)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 8 girls were named John, about 1 in every 201,649.
- It peaked in 1927 with 440 babies, ranked #318.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 21,740 girls have been named John since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named John per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 4,988 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Silent: 4,692 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,125 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,060 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,283 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Z: 445 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 129 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English John, Johan, Johannes, from Anglo-Norman Jehan, Johan, and also Old English Iohannes, both from Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān), perhaps contracted from a former יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān, “God is gracious”). Doublet of Jack, Jon, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Sean, Shane, Shaun, Ian, Ivan, Evan, Juan, Giovanni, and Yahya.
- A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle Ages.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /d͡ʒɑn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for John, CC BY-SA 4.0.