Johannes

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Johannes: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Johannes: Recorded every year since 1945, its highest recorded position is #6, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
110times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#6highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for
34names it appears alongside

What stands out in Johannes's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 34 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 81 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1345
1998	#1263
1999	#1505
2000	#1552
2001	#1949
2002	#2005
2003	#1629
2004	#1596
2005	#1716
2006	#1545
2007	#1506
2008	#1242
2009	#1568
2010	#1620
2011	#1788
2012	#1313
2013	#2660
2014	#1819
2015	#1327
2016	#1903
2017	#1546
2018	#1610
2019	#1745
2020	#2404
2021	#2493
2022	#1781
2023	#2325
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2024: #6 among boys in Norway, #3254 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #75 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #6 among boys in Norway, in 2024 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #8 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Johannes appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 9,687 births with the name.

Johannes across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Johannes's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#75 (1945)	#6 (2024)	#8 (2025)	81 of 81	9,687 (1945–2025)	322 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#1168 (1996)	#1168 (1996)	#3254 (2024)	29 of 29	329 (1996–2024)	19 (2008)

Johannes by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Johannes in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	410	5 of 10	82
1950s	583	10 of 10	58
1960s	410	10 of 10	41
1970s	348	10 of 10	35
1980s	493	10 of 10	49
1990s	1,245	10 of 10	125
2000s	2,104	10 of 10	210
2010s	2,385	10 of 10	239
2020sbusiest	1,709	6 of 10	285

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 285 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Johannes appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #6 in Norway in 2024.

Johannes's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1313	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#8	305	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#6	322	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#7	311	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#8	280	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#12	256	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#9	235	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#13	257	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#12	259	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#17	243	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#24	235	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#23	237	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#22	246	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#20	249	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#27	225	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#29	215	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#30	219	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#28	235	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#30	219	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#31	221	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#26	242	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#27	246	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#34	210	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#35	202	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#37	201	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#43	171	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#50	157	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#45	172	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#43	180	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#47	172	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#52	146	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#59	133	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#67	118	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#78	102	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#79	95	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#108	68	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#129	59	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#119	64	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#161	47	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#149	50	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#172	41	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#148	49	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#131	58	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#182	37	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#141	54	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#150	49	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#159	44	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#167	42	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#188	34	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#177	37	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#174	39	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#198	30	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#192	33	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#189	33	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#207	30	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#168	40	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#195	30	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#193	30	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#150	47	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#163	39	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#150	45	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#159	36	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#148	43	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#156	36	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#144	37	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#125	51	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#129	46	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#132	45	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#120	51	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#103	66	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#107	62	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#110	56	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#106	56	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#103	59	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#107	56	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#106	57	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#91	75	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#89	75	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#97	67	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#85	82	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#79	95	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#75	91	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #6, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 40 years, 34 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 322 births, registered in Norway in 2024.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Johannah · #310, 24y
Johanne · #47, 81y
John · #1, 81y
John Paul · #384, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ole · #6, 81y
Arne · #5, 81y
Ellinor · #7, 81y
Espen · #8, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Ada · #6, 76y
Aksel · #6, 81y
Berit · #6, 72y
Bjørg · #6, 70y

Comparisons involving Johannes

Existing comparison pages where Johannes and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Johannes in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Johannes vs Vidar
In 1945 they stood at #75 and #71 in Norway · Boys, 4 places apart; by 2025 they were #8 and #478.
Johannes · Vidar · 78 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Harry vs Johannes
In 1945 they stood at #70 and #75 in Norway · Boys, 5 places apart; by 2019 they were #431 and #13.
Harry · Johannes · 46 shared years, 1945–2019 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2019 Norway ranking
Paul vs Johannes
In 1945 they stood at #73 and #75 in Norway · Boys, 2 places apart; by 2024 they were #370 and #6.
Paul · Johannes · 80 shared years, 1945–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Johannes measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Johannes at its highest position.

Johannes vs Aksel
Johannes and Aksel were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #8 and #25.
Johannes · Aksel · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Anders vs Johannes
Anders and Johannes were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #293 and #8.
Anders · Johannes · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Andreas vs Johannes
Andreas and Johannes were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #96 and #8.
Andreas · Johannes · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Johannes was ranked #6 in Norway · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Johannes and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Johannes without appearing here.

Johannes moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2660 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1819 and #4632.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1781 and #4001.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1781 and #3449.

Moved ahead of Johannes

Anders Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #2546 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #2263.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1781 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1461.
Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1745 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2404 and #1548.

Moved the opposite way to Johannes

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johannes went from #75 to #8 while Anders went from #55 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johannes went from #75 to #8 while Arild went from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johannes went from #75 to #8 while Arne went from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johannes went from #75 to #8 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.

Moved the same way as Johannes

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johannes went from #75 to #8 and Aksel from #174 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johannes went from #75 to #8 and Alfred from #127 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johannes went from #75 to #8 and Arthur from #153 to #83.
Elias Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johannes went from #75 to #8 and Elias from #328 to #4.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #6 in Norway in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Johannes

Johannes at a glance

What stands out in Johannes's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Johannes across 2 official records

Johannes by decade in Norway · Boys

Johannes appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Johannes

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Johannes

Johannes and the names beside it

Johannes moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Johannes

Moved the opposite way to Johannes

Moved the same way as Johannes

Johannes at a glance

What stands out in Johannes's record

Johannes across 2 official records

Johannes by decade in Norway · Boys

Johannes appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Johannes

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Johannes

Johannes and the names beside it

Johannes moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Johannes

Moved the opposite way to Johannes

Moved the same way as Johannes