Johan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Johan: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #31 in 2015, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
129times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#31highest recorded position
26groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Johan's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 50 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#853
1997	#1578
1998	#1188
1999	#869
2000	#1167
2001	#2220
2002	#1128
2003	#1513
2004	#1077
2005	#1190
2006	#984
2007	#820
2008	#850
2009	#748
2010	#918
2011	#1158
2012	#719
2013	#692
2014	#754
2015	#1236
2016	#818
2017	#1097
2018	#1061
2019	#908
2020	#1273
2021	#1139
2022	#1314
2023	#1042
2024	#857

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 2025: #39 among boys in Norway, #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #46 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: #31 among boys in Norway, in 2015 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #39 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Johan appears in 3 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 9,723 births with the name.

Johan across 3 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.

Johan'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	#46 (1945)	#31 (2015)	#39 (2025)	81 of 81	9,723 (1945–2025)	204 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#326 (1978)	#321 (1980)	#676 (2025)	19 of 48	90 (1978–2025)	12 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#853 (1996)	#692 (2013)	#857 (2024)	29 of 29	716 (1996–2024)	47 (2013)

Johan 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 Johan in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	839	5 of 10	168
1950s	1,164	10 of 10	116
1960s	868	10 of 10	87
1970s	805	10 of 10	81
1980s	966	10 of 10	97
1990s	1,188	10 of 10	119
2000s	1,209	10 of 10	121
2010sbusiest	1,690	10 of 10	169
2020s	994	6 of 10	166

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 169 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births rose by 51, from 130 to 181.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Johan 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 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #31 in Norway in 2020.

Johan'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	#857	37	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1314	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1139	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1273	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#908	32	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1097	26	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#818	39	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1236	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#754	42	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#692	47	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#719	46	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#918	31	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#748	39	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#850	32	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#820	32	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#984	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1077	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1128	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1167	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#869	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#853	17	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#39	175	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#41	166	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#32	182	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#39	162	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#37	154	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#31	155	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#42	155	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#38	176	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#31	182	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#33	190	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#31	204	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#50	154	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#45	165	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#43	181	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#71	130	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#52	153	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#65	139	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#56	154	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#77	113	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#75	117	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#73	113	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#76	101	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#64	125	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#63	116	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#71	102	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#60	129	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#55	135	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#58	131	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#66	119	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#65	125	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#63	128	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#60	132	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#72	106	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#70	116	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#78	101	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#79	95	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#82	92	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#75	102	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#93	83	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#100	81	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#88	94	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#82	94	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#74	111	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#78	108	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#72	102	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#81	99	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#86	91	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#90	89	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#89	89	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#90	91	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#129	62	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#109	80	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#137	58	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#107	80	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#97	91	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#108	74	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#94	93	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#98	79	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#100	80	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#106	69	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#90	93	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#96	80	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#88	88	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#78	97	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#77	102	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#84	87	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#75	109	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#89	86	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#84	87	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#67	124	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#78	102	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#67	122	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#73	110	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#63	129	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#53	153	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#57	142	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#56	138	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#54	154	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#43	182	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#44	196	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#46	169	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#327	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #31, first reached in 2015.

It held a top-100 place in 75 years, 50 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 204 births, registered in Norway in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1978, 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.

Joey · #78, 32y
Jofrid · #218, 29y
Johann · #196, 60y
Johanna · #44, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Sonja · #35, 81y
Iver · #26, 78y
Thor · #39, 81y
Nils · #21, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Allan · #31, 78y
Annette · #31, 72y
Edel · #31, 81y
Gry · #31, 57y

Johan was ranked #31 in Norway · Boys in 2015. 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.

Johan 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 Johan without appearing here.

Johan moved ahead of

Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2220 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1128 and #3225.
Graeme Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2220 and #1595 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1128 and #2636.
Graham Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1190 and #954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #984 and #1892.
Calum Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1273 and #1192 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1139 and #1984.

Moved ahead of Johan

Lachlan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #853 and #1040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1578 and #678.
Oskar Compare
In 1996 they stood at #853 and #976 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1578 and #759.
Filip Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1077 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1190 and #615.
Magnus Compare
In 1996 they stood at #853 and #1337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1578 and #1113.

Moved the opposite way to Johan

Adam Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johan went from #326 to #676 while Adam went from #121 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johan went from #326 to #676 while Alex went from #255 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johan went from #326 to #676 while Alexander went from #134 to #55.
Arthur Compare
Between 1978 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johan went from #326 to #676 while Arthur went from #184 to #57.

Moved the same way as Johan

Kevin Compare
Between 1953 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johan went from #73 to #39 and Kevin from #369 to #186.
Marius Compare
Between 1955 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johan went from #78 to #39 and Marius from #339 to #133.
Markus Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johan went from #67 to #39 and Markus from #406 to #68.
Adrian Compare
Between 1958 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johan went from #89 to #39 and Adrian from #449 to #70.

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 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #31 in Norway in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Johan

Johan at a glance

What stands out in Johan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Johan across 3 official records

Johan by decade in Norway · Boys

Johan 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

Names published alongside Johan

Johan and the names beside it

Johan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Johan

Moved the opposite way to Johan

Moved the same way as Johan

Johan at a glance

What stands out in Johan's record

Johan across 3 official records

Johan by decade in Norway · Boys

Johan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Johan

Johan and the names beside it

Johan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Johan

Moved the opposite way to Johan

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