girls:
650 births since 1918
#5066 (11th percentile)
boys:
4.7k births since 1912
#1762 (62nd percentile)
overall:
5.3k births since 1912
#3738 (52nd percentile)
The name Johann is the #3,738 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,341 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 51.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 51.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,762 (61.6% percentile) for all time with 4,691 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #5,066 (11.3% percentile) for all time with 650 births since 1918.
Johann first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1918 for girls). Birth data for Johann is available in 106 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (82 years for boys and 63 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Johann has been given predominantly to boys, with 87.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Johann were boys.
For boys, Johann reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 24.2% percentile (ranked #667) with 108 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 108 births per million (ranked 24.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Johann ranks #840 for boys (7.8% percentile) with 42 births per million, which is 38.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Johann reached its peak popularity in 1934, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #546) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 24 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2004.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Johann".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Johann. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 22.9% confident that Johann is pronounced as yoh-HAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YOH-hahn, at 18.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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