The first name Johann

In 2025, 9 boys were named Johann, making it the 2,440th most popular boys’ name. It peaked in 2012, with 20 births (#1,270).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Johann with other names.

In 2025, 85 boys born in the United States were named Johann, the 1,856th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2010, when 222 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Johann Sebastian Bach
  German composer (1685–1750)
• Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
  German mathematician (1805–1859)
• Johann Christian Bach
  German composer (1735–1782)
• Johannes Hevelius
  Astronomer setting up the cartography of the Moon, 1611–1687
• Johann Gottfried Galle
  German astronomer (1812-1910)
• Johann Joachim Winckelmann
  German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library (1717–1768)
• Johann Pachelbel
  German composer, organist and teacher, 1653–1706
• Johann Heinrich Lambert
  German mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1728-1777)
• Johann Bayer
  German lawyer and uranographer, 1572–1625
• Johann Palisa
  Austrian astronomist (1848–1925)
• Johann Friedrich Gmelin
  German naturalist (1748–1804)
• Johann Martin Schleyer
  German Catholic priest (1831–1912)

• Rudi
• Loren
• Brook
• Berlin

All 62 names of German origin

What is the origin of the name Johann?

Johann comes from German.

How popular is the name Johann?

In 2025, 9 boys born in England and Wales were named Johann, ranking 2,440th. Its peak was 2012, with 20 births.

Is Johann a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. Of the 5,519 US babies named Johann since 1880, 12% were girls and 88% boys.

When was Johann most popular?

2010 in the United States, when 222 babies were named Johann, its highest rank at 912th.