# Ioannis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ioannis/  
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 | 1,400 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,400 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 319, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Greek Ιωάννης (Ioánnis), a male given name used in (modern) Greece. Doublet of Giannis.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 3,198 |
| 2012 | 22 | 4,449 |
| 2013 | 32 | 3,364 |
| 2014 | 20 | 4,761 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,451 |
| 2016 | 30 | 3,627 |
| 2017 | 28 | 3,822 |
| 2018 | 40 | 2,965 |
| 2019 | 18 | 5,236 |
| 2020 | 35 | 3,232 |
| 2021 | 33 | 3,450 |
| 2022 | 20 | 4,913 |
| 2023 | 20 | 4,952 |
| 2024 | 35 | 3,359 |
| 2025 | 29 | 3,796 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,289 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,420 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,402 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## People named Ioannis

- Ioannis Zizioulas, Eastern Orthodox metropolitan of Pergamon (1986–2023)
- Ioannis Kasoulidis, Cypriot politician
- Ioannis Masmanidis, German footballer
- John Chrysostom, Church father, Archbishop of Constantinople and Christian saint (c. 347–407)
- John of Damascus, Christian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6-749)
- John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor
- John II Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor from 1118 to 1144
- John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354 (1292–1383)
- John V Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor
- John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor
- John III Doukas Vatatzes, Emperor of Nicaea
- John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor

## 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.