Johann — #1791 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Johann

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,784 babies named Johann between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Johann currently holds the #1791 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 222 babies received it in a single year. Johann is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 650 additional births since 1918.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Johann performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,570 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Johann shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 918 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Johann in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Johann 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 4,784 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.