# Hovhannes (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hovhannes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 79 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 79 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 7 | 6,956 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,023 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7,295 |
| 1996 | 5 | 9,559 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,744 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,236 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,103 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,302 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,195 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,126 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,971 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,172 |

## People named Hovhannes

- Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian writer and public activist (1869–1923)
- Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet (1915–1984)
- Hovhannes Katchaznouni, Armenian politician (1867-1938)
- Hovhannes Bachkov, Armenian boxer
- Hovhannes Davtyan, Armenian judoka
- Hovhannes Hovhannisian, Armenian poet
- Hovhannes Danielyan, Armenian boxer
- Hovhannes Zardaryan, Armenian painter (1918-1992)
- Hovhannes Draskhanakerttsi, Catholicos of Armenia
- Hovhannes Goharyan, footballer
- Hovhannes Abelian, Armenian actor (1865–1936)
- Hovhannes Hakhverdyan, Armenian politician (1873-1931)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.