Joahan — boys' name
143 babies named Joahan in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
143 boys have been named Joahan since 2000, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2005.
- 143
- total births
- 2000–2005
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Joahan was born in this single decade.
44 babies were named Joahan in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joahan
The Social Security Administration has registered 143 babies named Joahan between 2000 and 2005, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joahan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 44 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joahan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Joahan in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joahan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 143 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Joahan at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Joahan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2000
- Peak year (2002)
- 44
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
143 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 44 births in a single year.
Joahan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 143 births that decade — 100% of Joahan's all-time total
Joahan decade highlights
- Peak decade 143 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Joahan's strongest decade
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Joahan by state
Where Joahan concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 54 | 37.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 25 | 17.5% |
54 of 143 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 37.8% of nationwide
- Texas 17.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 37.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.