Yochanan — #8509 US boys' name
282 babies named Yochanan in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to boys today.
33% of everyone ever named Yochanan was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Yochanan in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yochanan
The Social Security Administration has registered 282 babies named Yochanan between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yochanan currently holds the #8509 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yochanan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Yochanan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 134 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yochanan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yochanan 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 282 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.
Yochanan at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Yochanan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2014)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #8509 among boys.
282 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 16 births in a single year.
Yochanan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 92 births that decade — 33% of Yochanan's all-time total
Yochanan decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Yochanan's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Yochanan by state
Where Yochanan concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 134 | 47.5% |
134 of 282 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 47.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 47.5% 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, 1982–2024 (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.