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How popular is the name Johan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Johans are alive today.
Johan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1007th in 2025 and given to 30 babies. The name peaked in 2013, when 47 babies were given the name, the 692nd most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1314 in 2022 before climbing back to the 1007th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years. Common short forms of Johan include Jack and Jax.
The Johan you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Johans born in England and Wales are between 8 and 22, and there are at least 860 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Johan - on average, only one in every 353 such rooms contains a Johan.
How many babies are named Johan each year?
Where does Johan rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Johan most popular?
Johan peaked in 2013, when 47 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Johan?
At least 860 people named Johan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Johan?
Most living Johans are between 8 and 22; the most common age is about 13.
Is Johan becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.