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#10rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #1, 1921boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #17 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 69 boysAKMaine: #15 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 64 boysMEVermont: #17 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 59 boysVTNew Hampshire: #17 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 64 boysNHWashington: #22 for boys · 390 births · 1 in 92 boysWAIdaho: #22 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 81 boysIDMontana: #12 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 60 boysMTNorth Dakota: #27 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 90 boysNDMinnesota: #20 for boys · 403 births · 1 in 79 boysMNIllinois: #13 for boys · 1,284 births · 1 in 69 boysILWisconsin: #26 for boys · 376 births · 1 in 89 boysWIMichigan: #19 for boys · 880 births · 1 in 81 boysMINew York: #8 for boys · 2,466 births · 1 in 56 boysNYMassachusetts: #8 for boys · 931 births · 1 in 47 boysMARhode Island: #13 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 46 boysRIOregon: #22 for boys · 233 births · 1 in 87 boysORNevada: #17 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 72 boysNVWyoming: #10 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 49 boysWYSouth Dakota: #26 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 91 boysSDIowa: #26 for boys · 192 births · 1 in 96 boysIAIndiana: #20 for boys · 548 births · 1 in 74 boysINOhio: #15 for boys · 1,257 births · 1 in 63 boysOHPennsylvania: #8 for boys · 1,629 births · 1 in 51 boysPANew Jersey: #6 for boys · 1,200 births · 1 in 46 boysNJConnecticut: #10 for boys · 471 births · 1 in 48 boysCTCalifornia: #19 for boys · 2,895 births · 1 in 100 boysCAUtah: #22 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 94 boysUTColorado: #16 for boys · 337 births · 1 in 73 boysCONebraska: #18 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 71 boysNEMissouri: #16 for boys · 586 births · 1 in 65 boysMOKentucky: #8 for boys · 483 births · 1 in 51 boysKYWest Virginia: #14 for boys · 187 births · 1 in 56 boysWVVirginia: #8 for boys · 811 births · 1 in 53 boysVAMaryland: #7 for boys · 651 births · 1 in 51 boysMDDelaware: #6 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 36 boysDEArizona: #19 for boys · 363 births · 1 in 85 boysAZNew Mexico: #15 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 86 boysNMKansas: #14 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 67 boysKSArkansas: #11 for boys · 247 births · 1 in 63 boysARTennessee: #8 for boys · 654 births · 1 in 54 boysTNNorth Carolina: #9 for boys · 848 births · 1 in 56 boysNCSouth Carolina: #10 for boys · 463 births · 1 in 52 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #10 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 67 boysDCOklahoma: #13 for boys · 308 births · 1 in 67 boysOKLouisiana: #8 for boys · 505 births · 1 in 62 boysLAMississippi: #7 for boys · 315 births · 1 in 54 boysMSAlabama: #8 for boys · 580 births · 1 in 47 boysALGeorgia: #8 for boys · 888 births · 1 in 56 boysGAHawaii: #15 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 76 boysHITexas: #9 for boys · 2,290 births · 1 in 67 boysTXFlorida: #11 for boys · 1,398 births · 1 in 66 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Delaware#6 · 1 in 36
  2. New Jersey#6 · 1 in 46
  3. Maryland#7 · 1 in 51
  4. Mississippi#7 · 1 in 54
  5. Alabama#8 · 1 in 47

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#61381 in 36
New Jersey#61,2001 in 46
Maryland#76511 in 51
Mississippi#73151 in 54
Alabama#85801 in 47
Georgia#88881 in 56
Kentucky#84831 in 51
Louisiana#85051 in 62
Massachusetts#89311 in 47
New York#82,4661 in 56
Pennsylvania#81,6291 in 51
Tennessee#86541 in 54
Virginia#88111 in 53
North Carolina#98481 in 56
Texas#92,2901 in 67
Connecticut#104711 in 48
District of Columbia#101381 in 67
South Carolina#104631 in 52
Wyoming#10491 in 49
Arkansas#112471 in 63
Florida#111,3981 in 66
Montana#12781 in 60
Illinois#131,2841 in 69
Oklahoma#133081 in 67
Rhode Island#131461 in 46
Kansas#142511 in 67
West Virginia#141871 in 56
Hawaii#15951 in 76
Maine#151171 in 64
New Mexico#151331 in 86
Ohio#151,2571 in 63
Colorado#163371 in 73
Missouri#165861 in 65
Alaska#17641 in 69
Nevada#171201 in 72
New Hampshire#171221 in 64
Vermont#17571 in 59
Nebraska#181531 in 71
Arizona#193631 in 85
California#192,8951 in 100
Michigan#198801 in 81
Indiana#205481 in 74
Minnesota#204031 in 79
Idaho#22841 in 81
Oregon#222331 in 87
Utah#221771 in 94
Washington#223901 in 92
Iowa#261921 in 96
South Dakota#26501 in 91
Wisconsin#263761 in 89
North Dakota#27481 in 90

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 1990

girls
#1,781
81 births · 1 in 23,439 girls
boys
#12
29,089 births · 1 in 71 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #1,781John81

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #12John29,089
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 23,439 of them was named John, which outranked 88.3% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside John
  1. #1,769Shelia82
  2. #1,769Tamera82
  3. #1,769Tyisha82
  4. #1,781John81
  5. #1,781Adina81
  6. #1,781Carmela81
  7. #1,781Dalila81
  8. #1,796Alise80
  9. #1,796Arika80
  10. #1,796Carlene80

Tied with 14 names at #1,781; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 71 of them was named John, which outranked 99.9% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside John
  1. #9Justin30,649
  2. #10Joseph30,137
  3. #11Ryan29,263
  4. #12John29,089
  5. #13Robert28,886
  6. #14Nicholas27,913
  7. #15Anthony25,088
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →