Boys' name · since 1913
Johannes
Johannes has 2,314 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,006 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,485 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,314
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
2,314 babies have been named Johannes since 1913, making it today's #2485 boys' name.
Johannes has 2,314 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2485 as of the latest data, more common than 82% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #3,006 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,485 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,314 born since 1913
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Johannes ranks #3,006 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,485 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,314 born since 1913, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,006 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,485 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,314
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Johannes's 2,314 recorded births place it above 93.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Johannes compares
2,314 Top 20% higher than 80% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Johannes's all-time total is 6x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Johannes | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,314 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 62 | 34 | 22,252 |
Johannes's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Johannes's full recorded timeline at 1978, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 62 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Johannes popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 62
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Johannes by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (485 births, 21% of the file).
2010s was Johannes's strongest decade.
485 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Johannes births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 50
1910s
50 births
- 1920s 60
1920s
60 births
- 1930s 36
1930s
36 births
- 1940s 33
1940s
33 births
- 1950s 54
1950s
54 births
- 1960s 165
1960s
165 births
- 1970s 148
1970s
148 births
- 1980s
1980s
268 births
- 1990s
1990s
342 births
- 2000s
2000s
385 births
- 2010s
2010s
485 births
- 2020s
2020s
288 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 485 births (21% of all-time use).
How Johannes compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Johannes's total volume
Johannes by state
Where Johannes concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 298 | 12.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 49 | 2.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 42 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.2% |
298 of 2,314 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Johannes's data
- Johannes's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (485 total births) through the 2020s (288) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Johanness (298 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Johannes: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~112 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, 1913–2025 (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 Johannes 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.