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How popular is the name Johannes?
Births per year, rank history and how many Johanneses are alive today.
Johannes (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2952nd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. The name peaked in 2008, when 19 babies were given the name, the 1242nd most popular that year. It has declined since 2008; the 2025 figure is roughly 37% of its peak. Common short forms of Johannes include Jack, Jax and Johnny.
The Johannes you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Johanneses born in England and Wales are between 10 and 28, and there are at least 410 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 Johannes - on average, only one in every 740 such rooms contains a Johannes.
How many babies are named Johannes each year?
Where does Johannes 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 Johannes most popular?
Johannes peaked in 2008, when 19 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Johannes?
At least 410 people named Johannes born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Johannes?
Most living Johanneses are between 10 and 28; the most common age is about 10.
Is Johannes becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2008 peak.