How rare is the name Jhon?

6,691 people in the United States have the first name Jhon, about 1 in 45,140. It ranks #3,213 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JHON

#3,213

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,691
About
1 in 45,140
This common or more
81.9%
Who bears it

Of the 6,691 people named Jhon, 63.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 21.2% as White and 9.4% as Black. 98.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jhon peaked in 2024, when 72 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
72
In 2025*
55 ▼24%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,939 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jhon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #2,851. The largest share of babies named Jhon, 23.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#3,47210
1900s#3,15431
1910s#3,696120
1920s#2,851271
1930s#2,883226
1940s#3,523187
1950s#4,923137
1960s#4,941161
1970s#5,857174
1980s#6,707184
1990s#5,850315
2000s#5,446490
2010s#7,794311
2020s#5,426317
Before 19010.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–2711.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4513.5%
Baby boom 1946–6410.6%
Generation X 1965–808.9%
Millennials 1981–9613.4%
Generation Z 1997–1223.5%
2013 and later17.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Jhon

1 other first name also has 6,691 people.

#3,213 Lanny · 6,691

Either side of Jhon

#3,211 Keon · 6,703#3,212 Pooja · 6,697#3,213 Lanny · 6,691#3,215 Yue · 6,690

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jhon, most common first.

#10,046 Jhony · 1,347#12,611 Jhoan · 982#21,118 Jhan · 484#51,501 Jhona · 113

Also a last name

As a last name, Jhon ranks #109,465 of 156,621, with 172 people. See Jhon as a last name

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