John

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #23 for boys in 2025, 8,027 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1
1921 · 58,216 births
Debut · boys
1880
9,655 births
In top 100 · boys
146 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,182,633
since 1880

John over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #1, 1921boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#238,027
2024#11,1228#218,087
2023#15,1945#267,804
2022#12,2437#268,001
2021#10,2929#278,186
2020#10,2509#278,265
2019#7,71614#288,863
2018#7,76214#269,204
2017#9,94310#279,536
2016#8,87512#2810,060
2015#9,48111#2610,423
2014#8,05314#2610,701
2013#7,37216#2710,739
2012#9,71111#2810,638
2011#6,14821#2711,068
2010#10,45110#2611,568
2009#9,97511#2612,133
2008#6,13022#2013,336
2007#6,09322#1914,447
2006#4,16535#1915,177
2005#3,87637#1815,796
2004#2,39671#1716,470
2003#4,30730#1717,249
2002#5,44421#1717,477
2001#3,94032#1418,904
2000#4,40027#1420,115
1999#3,24539#1520,366
1998#4,14227#1520,633
1997#3,81529#1521,386
1996#3,14937#1522,188
1995#2,68745#1323,244
1994#2,58548#1524,187
1993#2,01269#1624,996
1992#2,31856#1426,253
1991#2,11163#1027,809
1990#1,78181#1229,089
1989#1,204134#1229,853
1988#986167#1129,427
1987#861197#1129,555
1986#774220#1030,209
1985#742233#931,502
1984#698238#832,610
1983#646266#933,154
1982#730234#834,698
1981#816195#834,868
1980#689251#835,274
1979#696243#735,410
1978#711222#734,014
1977#710218#734,195
1976#703210#633,976
1975#657231#735,079
1974#612254#637,612
1973#654229#639,165
1972#667224#543,158
1971#620272#451,512
1970#600290#458,491
1969#583288#458,732
1968#557303#360,903
1967#554289#461,600
1966#565284#465,016
1965#613252#271,493
1964#619264#282,508
1963#627259#278,636
1962#584286#378,427
1961#617272#379,983
1960#646244#476,096
1959#663229#476,446
1958#690205#576,057
1957#656225#579,033
1956#638224#580,804
1955#688185#580,128
1954#690185#481,168
1953#713164#480,165
1952#627197#383,140
1951#604202#381,569
1950#636180#379,412
1949#587199#381,178
1948#603192#382,834
1947#599203#388,324
1946#548208#379,267
1945#520197#366,117
1944#539180#366,616
1943#490229#368,929
1942#475241#366,043
1941#472221#357,520
1940#463208#354,786
1939#445228#351,025
1938#457216#350,517
1937#445218#348,755
1936#446203#347,683
1935#448208#347,509
1934#408257#346,743
1933#430226#346,224
1932#374298#348,624
1931#356325#348,423
1930#327402#352,447
1929#321411#352,112
1928#321424#253,760
1927#318440#255,949
1926#339385#256,108
1925#355367#257,195
1924#347382#259,052
1923#362335#157,467
1922#385285#157,280
1921#401285#158,216
1920#395281#156,913
1919#369307#153,522
1918#417248#156,558
1917#397253#151,852
1916#411227#150,043
1915#429200#147,576
1914#407169#137,947
1913#449122#129,329
1912#445112#124,588
1911#50168#113,446
1910#42188#111,450
1909#45667#19,590
1908#47458#19,343
1907#44465#18,983
1906#52843#18,264
1905#51943#18,059
1904#52040#18,108
1903#49641#17,608
1902#51838#17,907
1901#48139#16,900
1900#49946#19,828
1899#46140#16,990
1898#41555#18,159
1897#43246#17,550
1896#40350#18,138
1895#35761#18,320
1894#35960#18,237
1893#34361#18,049
1892#36054#19,039
1891#37744#17,680
1890#34356#18,502
1889#34652#18,548
1888#33352#19,247
1887#28556#18,110
1886#30048#19,026
1885#29645#18,756
1884#30440#19,388
1883#27840#18,894
1882#27840#19,557
1881#31226#18,768
1880#22746#19,655
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, John was already there! It came in at #1, and was given to 9,655 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1909, when fewer than 9,900 boys a year got the name.

Where John is popular in 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #7 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 50 boysAKMaine: #15 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 60 boysMEVermont: #10 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 48 boysVTNew Hampshire: #15 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 61 boysNHWashington: #19 for boys · 423 births · 1 in 80 boysWAIdaho: #25 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 88 boysIDMontana: #12 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 60 boysMTNorth Dakota: #16 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 63 boysNDMinnesota: #16 for boys · 502 births · 1 in 63 boysMNIllinois: #13 for boys · 1,342 births · 1 in 65 boysILWisconsin: #19 for boys · 439 births · 1 in 75 boysWIMichigan: #17 for boys · 944 births · 1 in 74 boysMINew York: #9 for boys · 2,443 births · 1 in 55 boysNYMassachusetts: #7 for boys · 996 births · 1 in 44 boysMARhode Island: #9 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 46 boysRIOregon: #19 for boys · 266 births · 1 in 73 boysORNevada: #16 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 71 boysNVWyoming: #19 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 67 boysWYSouth Dakota: #19 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 76 boysSDIowa: #21 for boys · 229 births · 1 in 80 boysIAIndiana: #18 for boys · 558 births · 1 in 71 boysINOhio: #17 for boys · 1,153 births · 1 in 68 boysOHPennsylvania: #6 for boys · 1,712 births · 1 in 48 boysPANew Jersey: #6 for boys · 1,305 births · 1 in 42 boysNJConnecticut: #7 for boys · 462 births · 1 in 48 boysCTCalifornia: #18 for boys · 2,974 births · 1 in 90 boysCAUtah: #26 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 102 boysUTColorado: #16 for boys · 345 births · 1 in 70 boysCONebraska: #24 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 85 boysNEMissouri: #11 for boys · 643 births · 1 in 59 boysMOKentucky: #10 for boys · 450 births · 1 in 54 boysKYWest Virginia: #13 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 58 boysWVVirginia: #9 for boys · 807 births · 1 in 52 boysVAMaryland: #7 for boys · 668 births · 1 in 48 boysMDDelaware: #11 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 45 boysDEArizona: #16 for boys · 377 births · 1 in 80 boysAZNew Mexico: #12 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 71 boysNMKansas: #19 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 80 boysKSArkansas: #10 for boys · 262 births · 1 in 59 boysARTennessee: #10 for boys · 621 births · 1 in 56 boysTNNorth Carolina: #11 for boys · 785 births · 1 in 59 boysNCSouth Carolina: #10 for boys · 423 births · 1 in 56 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #7 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 79 boysDCOklahoma: #7 for boys · 340 births · 1 in 60 boysOKLouisiana: #7 for boys · 527 births · 1 in 61 boysLAMississippi: #10 for boys · 308 births · 1 in 56 boysMSAlabama: #9 for boys · 486 births · 1 in 56 boysALGeorgia: #9 for boys · 934 births · 1 in 53 boysGAHawaii: #15 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 71 boysHITexas: #7 for boys · 2,416 births · 1 in 61 boysTXFlorida: #10 for boys · 1,501 births · 1 in 60 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#6 · 1 in 42
  2. Pennsylvania#6 · 1 in 48
  3. Massachusetts#7 · 1 in 44
  4. Connecticut#7 · 1 in 48
  5. Maryland#7 · 1 in 48

Best ever in a state: #1 in Alaska, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#61,3051 in 42
Pennsylvania#61,7121 in 48
Alaska#7881 in 50
Connecticut#74621 in 48
District of Columbia#71661 in 79
Louisiana#75271 in 61
Maryland#76681 in 48
Massachusetts#79961 in 44
Oklahoma#73401 in 60
Texas#72,4161 in 61
Alabama#94861 in 56
Georgia#99341 in 53
New York#92,4431 in 55
Rhode Island#91431 in 46
Virginia#98071 in 52
Arkansas#102621 in 59
Florida#101,5011 in 60
Kentucky#104501 in 54
Mississippi#103081 in 56
South Carolina#104231 in 56
Tennessee#106211 in 56
Vermont#10721 in 48
Delaware#111041 in 45
Missouri#116431 in 59
North Carolina#117851 in 59
Montana#12771 in 60
New Mexico#121641 in 71
Illinois#131,3421 in 65
West Virginia#131781 in 58
Hawaii#15971 in 71
Maine#151281 in 60
New Hampshire#151311 in 61
Arizona#163771 in 80
Colorado#163451 in 70
Minnesota#165021 in 63
Nevada#161121 in 71
North Dakota#16731 in 63
Michigan#179441 in 74
Ohio#171,1531 in 68
California#182,9741 in 90
Indiana#185581 in 71
Kansas#192131 in 80
Oregon#192661 in 73
South Dakota#19621 in 76
Washington#194231 in 80
Wisconsin#194391 in 75
Wyoming#19361 in 67
Iowa#212291 in 80
Nebraska#241291 in 85
Idaho#25761 in 88
Utah#261631 in 102

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about John
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#21 → #23)
  • 4 spots since 2020 (#27 → #23)
  • 3 spots since 2015 (#26 → #23)
  • Biggest jump: 5 spots in 2024 (#26 → #21)
  • Biggest drop: 6 spots in 2009 (#20 → #26)
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1921 at #1 (58,216 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 69 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 108 yrs
  • Top 10: 108 yrs · run 1880–1986
  • Top 100: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11
  • Highest: 1 in 11 boys born in 1880 were named John (8.7%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213 boys born in 2025 (0.47%)
  • Its best rank, #1 in 1921, was only 1 in 19 (5.3%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 15.4% of all boys named John (797,922) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s89,949#1 (1880)#1
1890s80,664#1 (1892)#1
1900s84,590#1 (1900)#1
1910s376,311#1 (1918)#1
1920s564,052#1 (1921)#2
1930s487,950#3 (1930)#3
1940s711,614#3 (1947)#3
1950s797,922#3 (1952)#4
1960s713,394#2 (1964)#3
1970s402,612#4 (1970)#6
1980s321,150#8 (1980)#9
1990s240,151#10 (1991)#14
2000s161,104#14 (2000)#18
2010s102,800#26 (2010)#27
2020s48,370#21 (2024)#25

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

John in 1989

girls
#1,204
134 births · 1 in 13,758 girls
boys
#12
29,853 births · 1 in 67 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #1,204John134

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #12John29,853
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 13,758 of them was named John, which outranked 91.7% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside John
  1. #1,199Marcie135
  2. #1,199Sheryl135
  3. #1,199Therese135
  4. #1,204John134
  5. #1,204Brigette134
  6. #1,204Britnee134
  7. #1,204Deena134
  8. #1,213Alayna133
  9. #1,213Caryn133
  10. #1,213Cinthia133

Tied with 8 names at #1,204; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 67 of them was named John, which outranked 99.9% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside John
  1. #9James32,720
  2. #10Robert30,072
  3. #11Joseph29,884
  4. #12John29,853
  5. #13Ryan28,408
  6. #14Nicholas28,230
  7. #15William24,673
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989 →