Boys' name · since 1949
Joh
Joh has 407 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,920 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 407
- born since 1949
- 1980s
- peak decade
Joh is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 407 have been recorded since 1949.
Joh has 407 recorded births among boys since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1990.
- #8,920 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 407 born since 1949
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joh ranks #8,920 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 407 born since 1949, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,920 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 407
- born since 1949
- 1980s
- peak decade
Joh's 407 recorded births place it above 80.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Joh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joh splits its recorded history at 1973: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1952 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1990
- Peak year (1982)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Joh by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (151 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Joh's strongest decade.
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Joh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 1950s 26
1950s
26 births
- 1960s
1960s
78 births
- 1970s
1970s
139 births
- 1980s
1980s
151 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 151 births (37% of all-time use).
Joh by state
Where Joh concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 1.5% |
6 of 407 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Joh's data
- Joh's decade-level peak was the 1980s (151 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Johs (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1949–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Joh draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.