# Johan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/johan/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,788 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,653 / 135 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 746, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

An archaic variant of Joan, from Old French Johan, from Latin Johanna. Cf. John.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 8 | 3,262 |
| 1934 | 8 | 3,304 |
| 1935 | 8 | 3,300 |
| 1936 | 8 | 3,245 |
| 1937 | 8 | 3,293 |
| 1938 | 7 | 3,660 |
| 1939 | 7 | 3,603 |
| 1941 | 5 | 4,710 |
| 1942 | 8 | 3,566 |
| 1953 | 5 | 6,059 |
| 1987 | 8 | 8,309 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,657 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12,815 |
| 2004 | 7 | 13,389 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,408 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 520 | 502 |
| 2012 | 566 | 480 |
| 2013 | 496 | 534 |
| 2014 | 478 | 581 |
| 2015 | 514 | 559 |
| 2016 | 659 | 463 |
| 2017 | 577 | 503 |
| 2018 | 480 | 577 |
| 2019 | 481 | 580 |
| 2020 | 458 | 600 |
| 2021 | 438 | 631 |
| 2022 | 501 | 580 |
| 2023 | 517 | 564 |
| 2024 | 555 | 537 |
| 2025 | 516 | 572 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,158 |
| 2012 | 46 | 719 |
| 2013 | 47 | 692 |
| 2014 | 42 | 754 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 39 | 818 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,097 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2019 | 32 | 908 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,273 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2024 | 37 | 857 |
| 2025 | 30 | 1,007 |

## People named Johan

- Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)
- Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland’s national poet, author of Finland’s national anthem, Swedish-speaking writer and 
- Johan Huizinga, Dutch cultural historian (1872–1945)
- Johan Neeskens, Dutch football manager and player (1951–2024)
- Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist (1760–1852)
- Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch statesman (1798-1872)
- Johan Ferrier, Dutch-Surinamese politician (1910-2010)
- Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish politician and author (1806–1881)
- Johan Nygaardsvold, 21st Prime Minister of Norway
- Johan Vonlanthen, footballer
- Johan Laidoner, Estonian general and politician (1884-1953)
- Johan Mojica, Colombian association football player

## 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.