How rare is the name Johannes?

4,198 people in the United States have the first name Johannes, about 1 in 71,947. It ranks #4,444 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JOHANNES

#4,444

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,198
About
1 in 71,947
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,198 people named Johannes, 71.3% reported their origin as White, 11% as two or more races and 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Johannes peaked in 2019, when 62 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
62
In 2025*
54 ▼13%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,314 babies have been given the name since 1913. 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.

Johannes by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #4,872. The largest share of babies named Johannes, 28.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#5,84850
1920s#6,96160
1930s#7,38136
1940s#8,03833
1950s#7,83454
1960s#4,872165
1970s#6,481148
1980s#5,245268
1990s#5,516342
2000s#6,413385
2010s#5,782485
2020s#5,779288
Greatest Generation 1901–274.5%
Silent Generation 1928–452.6%
Baby boom 1946–645.8%
Generation X 1965–8011.9%
Millennials 1981–9620%
Generation Z 1997–1227%
2013 and later28.2%

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 Johannes

1 other first name also has 4,198 people.

#4,444 Kamille · 4,198

Either side of Johannes

#4,442 Marialuisa · 4,205#4,443 Arianne · 4,201#4,444 Kamille · 4,198#4,446 Melony · 4,197

Spelled almost the same

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

#50,309 Johanes · 120#52,462 Joannes · 107

Also a last name

As a last name, Johannes ranks #9,812 of 156,621, with 3,151 people. See Johannes as a last name

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