boy's name

Johannes

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 3,723

Scotland

#571

2007 births

Johannes is a boy's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 54 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2019, when 62 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 61,399 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1913.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Johannes over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Johannes by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 50
1920s 60
1930s 36
1940s 33
1950s 54
1960s 165
1970s 148
1980s 268
1990s 342
2000s 385
2010s 485
2020s (to 2025) 288

How popular is Johannes?

In 2025, Johannes was given to 54 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Johannes is used

Scotland #571 4 in 2007
Canada #2,263 9 in 2024
United States #2,504 54 in 2025
England & Wales #3,165 7 in 2025
France #6,244 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Johannes is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Johannès Johannès is a rare spelling of Johannes, written with a grave accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. 5

Names that peaked alongside Johannes

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Johannes also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Johannes over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Johannes in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Afrikaans
Iwan
Amis
Iwan
Arabic
Jehan
Armenian
Hovhannes
Atayal
Iwan
Catalan
Joan
Corsican
Ghjuvan
Finnish
Hannes
Hungarian
Janka
Icelandic
Hannes
Italian
Ivano
Occitan
Joan
Romanian
Ion
Seediq
Iwan
Slovene
Janka
Swedish
Hannes
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Yohan Yvan Yannis Erwann Joao Yanni Giovan Yiannis Yohanes

Sibling names for Johannes

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Johannes — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Johannes

How popular is the name Johannes?

In 2025, Johannes was given to 54 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Johannes is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Johannes?

Johannes has 3 syllables.

When was Johannes most popular?

Johannes peaked in 2019, when 62 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Johannes a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Johannes currently ranks #2,263 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.