Johann

maleStatistical record

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

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

Johann: Recorded since 1949, it reached #196 in 1974, and it stood at #501 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
95times a registrar ranked it
77years from first to last
#196highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1345
1998	#1485
1999	#1505
2000	#2501
2001	#3134
2002	#2636
2003	#2470
2004	#1347
2005	#1716
2006	#1744
2007	#2023
2008	#1596
2009	#1302
2010	#1801
2011	#2194
2012	#1270
2013	#1539
2014	#2964
2015	#2020
2016	#2556
2017	#2052
2018	#2259
2019	#1655
2020	#2682
2021	#2493
2022	#3449
2023	#2007
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 50 of the 77 years from 1949 to 2025.

In 2023: #465 among boys in Norway, #2007 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1949–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1949
First recorded at #370 among boys in Norway in 1949 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1972–2020
Highest recorded position: #196 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1974 (recorded 1972–2020).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #501 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Johann appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 50 years beginning in 1949, and has registered 375 births with the name.

Johann 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.

Johann'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	#370 (1949)	#242 (1994)	#501 (2025)	50 of 77	375 (1949–2025)	22 (1994)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#279 (1972)	#196 (1974)	#741 (2020)	16 of 49	81 (1972–2020)	12 (1974)
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#1270 (2012)	#3254 (2024)	29 of 29	271 (1996–2024)	20 (2012)

Johann 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 Johann in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	4	1 of 10	4
1950s	21	4 of 10	5
1960s	15	3 of 10	5
1970s	30	6 of 10	5
1980s	34	7 of 10	5
1990sbusiest	101	8 of 10	13
2000s	81	9 of 10	9
2010s	80	10 of 10	8
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Johann 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 1949 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #196 in Republic of Ireland in 1974.

Johann'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	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1302	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#501	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#465	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#353	10	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#373	9	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#425	7	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#432	7	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#309	14	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#466	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#461	6	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#407	8	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#450	7	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#456	7	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#405	9	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#314	12	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#533	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#559	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#294	13	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#375	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#341	10	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#298	14	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#441	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#402	8	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#472	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#301	14	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#247	19	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#242	22	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#264	20	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#578	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#589	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#581	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#550	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#628	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#623	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#552	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#639	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#623	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#619	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#617	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#547	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#523	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#459	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#408	7	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#507	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#478	4	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#373	6	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#421	4	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#362	5	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#329	6	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#370	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#260	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#227	8	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	9	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	12	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	4	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 1949 and 2025, ranked in 60 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #196, first reached in 1974.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in Norway in 1994.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1972, and 47 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.

Jofrid · #218, 29y
Johan · #31, 81y
Johanna · #44, 81y
Johannah · #310, 24y

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.

Stephan · #196, 64y
Rosanna · #189, 60y
Abdirahman · #188, 65y
Eibhlin · #209, 59y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Gun · #196, 28y
Hilmar · #196, 40y
Anne-Mette · #195, 39y
Jozef · #195, 66y

Johann was ranked #196 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1974. 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.

Johann 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 Johann without appearing here.

Johann moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4991.
Jade Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2470 and #2470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1347 and #3651.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Graeme Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2470 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1347 and #3009.

Moved ahead of Johann

Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2018.
Cooper Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1505 and #1850 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2501 and #1425.
Harper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1302 and #1425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1801 and #897.
Aksel Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1539 and #2403 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2964 and #2079.

Moved the opposite way to Johann

Alexander Compare
Between 1950 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johann went from #329 to #501 while Alexander went from #322 to #81.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1950 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johann went from #329 to #501 while Benjamin went from #345 to #48.
Colin Compare
Between 1950 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johann went from #329 to #501 while Colin went from #348 to #119.
Edward Compare
Between 1950 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Johann went from #329 to #501 while Edward went from #324 to #189.

Moved the same way as Johann

Adrian Compare
Between 1972 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johann went from #279 to #741 and Adrian from #50 to #211.
Denis Compare
Between 1972 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johann went from #279 to #741 and Denis from #35 to #180.
Edward Compare
Between 1972 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johann went from #279 to #741 and Edward from #21 to #90.
Francis Compare
Between 1972 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johann went from #279 to #741 and Francis from #29 to #271.

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 1949 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #196 in Republic of Ireland in 1974. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Johann

Johann at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Johann across 3 official records

Johann by decade in Norway · Boys

Johann appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Johann

Johann and the names beside it

Johann moved ahead of

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Johann at a glance

Johann across 3 official records

Johann by decade in Norway · Boys

Johann 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 Johann

Johann and the names beside it

Johann moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Johann

Moved the opposite way to Johann

Moved the same way as Johann