first name
JOHAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,883 people named Johan, 69.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17.3% as White and 5.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Johan peaked in 2016, when 659 babies got the name.
At least 14,788 babies have been given the name since 1910. 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.
Johan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,091. The largest share of babies named Johan, 45.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
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.
Where Johan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Johan has been most common in Nevada (3.1×), Florida (2.3×), and California (2.1×), and least common in Ohio (0.17×).
12,672 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Johan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Johan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Johan ranks #109,465 of 156,621, with 172 people. See Johan as a last name
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