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John
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- John 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Jean 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Juan 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Ivan 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Giovanni 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Jon 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Jan 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Johan 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Yoann 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦🇨🇭
- Yohan 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Yvan 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🇨🇦
- Johann 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Yohann 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Joao 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Yoan 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Giovani 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Giovanny 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷
- Jhon 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🇨🇦
- Joannes 🇫🇷
- Johannes 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Ioan 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇮🇪
- Iwan 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇭
- Ivaan 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Ioannis 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
10,552,804births recorded
19Countries
40Variants
1943Peak · France
#4Catalonia 2025
John is a boy name family recorded 10,552,804 times in 19 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in Catalonia (#4 in 2025). Its all-time peak was in France in 1943, at 7,130.0 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Jean (France), Juan (Argentina), Ivan (Spain).
Popularity by country
Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.
Which form wins where
Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.
Rank in countries that publish top lists only
All forms of John
| Variants | Language | Total births | Country | Latest rank | Peak year | 10-year trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | English | 5,204,377 | 🇺🇸 United States | #23 | 1880 | ▼ 14 % |
| John | English | 181,361 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #66 | 1920 | ▼ 31 % |
| John | English | 73,225 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | #29 | 1964 | ▼ 17 % |
| John | English | 46,511 | 🇦🇺 New South Wales | – | 1952 | – |
| John | English | 29,238 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | #84 | 1926 | ▼ 19 % |
| John | English | 29,177 | 🏴 Scotland | #102 | 1975 | ▼ 45 % |
| Jean | French | 1,910,275 | 🇫🇷 France | #103 | 1943 | ▼ 10 % |
| Jean | French | 25,039 | 🇺🇸 United States | #1169 | 1928 | ▲ 28 % |
| Jean | French | 6,594 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1355 | 1935 | ▼ 32 % |
| Jean | French | 4,550 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #774 | 2007 | ▼ 10 % |
| Jean | French | 1,614 | 🇨🇦 Québec | #399 | 1982 | ▲ 65 % |
| Jean | French | 464 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #448 | 2016 | ▶ 1 % |
| Juan | Spanish | 1,449,974 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #2 | 1948 | ▼ 35 % |
| Juan | Spanish | 368,366 | 🇺🇸 United States | #159 | 2005 | ▼ 27 % |
| Juan | Spanish | 37,147 | 🇪🇸 Spain | #28 | 2002 | – |
| Juan | Spanish | 9,405 | 🇫🇷 France | #713 | 1966 | ▼ 27 % |
| Juan | Spanish | 3,033 | 🇪🇸 Catalonia | #70 | 2001 | ▲ 30 % |
| Juan | Spanish | 753 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #794 | 2012 | ▲ 5 % |
| Ivan | French | 150,787 | 🇺🇸 United States | #162 | 2004 | ▼ 18 % |
| Ivan | French | 109,165 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #219 | 1995 | ▼ 63 % |
| Ivan | French | 42,110 | 🇪🇸 Spain | #74 | 2004 | – |
| Ivan | French | 22,861 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | #209 | 1990 | ▼ 63 % |
| Ivan | French | 10,030 | 🇫🇷 France | #572 | 1969 | ▼ 6 % |
| Ivan | French | 7,739 | 🇪🇸 Catalonia | #156 | 2001 | ▼ 71 % |
| Giovanni | Spanish | 90,351 | 🇺🇸 United States | #123 | 2010 | ▲ 5 % |
| Giovanni | Spanish | 85,140 | 🇮🇹 Italy | #22 | 1999 | – |
| Giovanni | Spanish | 12,285 | 🇫🇷 France | #286 | 1990 | ▲ 41 % |
| Giovanni | Spanish | 9,712 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #99 | 2015 | ▲ 650 % |
| Giovanni | Spanish | 3,485 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #330 | 1968 | ▲ 70 % |
| Giovanni | Spanish | 1,329 | 🏴 England & Wales | #497 | 2025 | ▲ 97 % |
| Jon | English | 169,391 | 🇺🇸 United States | #951 | 1965 | ▼ 17 % |
| Jon | English | 5,383 | 🇪🇸 Spain | – | 2002 | – |
| Jon | English | 1,823 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #1721 | 1995 | ▼ 39 % |
| Jon | English | 1,723 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1217 | 1945 | ▲ 11 % |
| Jon | English | 1,423 | 🏴 England & Wales | #1796 | 1996 | ▼ 25 % |
| Jon | English | 1,246 | 🇪🇸 Catalonia | #107 | 2020 | ▲ 27 % |
| Jan | Catalan | 22,403 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2718 | 1944 | ▼ 43 % |
| Jan | Catalan | 12,472 | 🇪🇸 Catalonia | #4 | 2014 | ▼ 9 % |
| Jan | Catalan | 11,399 | 🇪🇸 Spain | #81 | 2016 | – |
| Jan | Catalan | 5,543 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #106 | 2000 | ▼ 66 % |
| Jan | Catalan | 3,152 | 🏴 England & Wales | #639 | 2017 | ▼ 66 % |
| Jan | Catalan | 1,715 | 🇫🇷 France | #2178 | 2008 | ▼ 37 % |
| Johan | German | 35,520 | 🇫🇷 France | #384 | 1988 | ▼ 63 % |
| Johan | German | 14,788 | 🇺🇸 United States | #572 | 2016 | ▲ 12 % |
| Johan | German | 2,101 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #530 | 2015 | ▲ 421 % |
| Johan | German | 746 | 🏴 England & Wales | #1007 | 2013 | ▲ 75 % |
| Johan | German | 709 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #458 | 2024 | ▲ 5 % |
| Johan | German | 470 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #799 | 2012 | ▼ 63 % |
| Yoann | French | 42,735 | 🇫🇷 France | #1081 | 1986 | ▼ 58 % |
| Yoann | French | 346 | 🇨🇦 Québec | – | 1988 | – |
| Yoann | French | 260 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | – | 2000 | – |
| Yoann | French | 30 | 🇺🇸 United States | – | 2010 | – |
| Yohan | French | 24,950 | 🇫🇷 France | #627 | 1988 | ▼ 51 % |
| Yohan | French | 1,865 | 🇺🇸 United States | #1256 | 2024 | ▲ 164 % |
| Yohan | French | 1,128 | 🇨🇦 Québec | #291 | 2003 | ▼ 38 % |
| Yohan | French | 283 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #1563 | 2015 | ▲ 166 % |
| Yohan | French | 244 | 🏴 England & Wales | #1704 | 2023 | ▲ 67 % |
| Yohan | French | 55 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #907 | 2024 | new |
| Yvan | French | 27,420 | 🇫🇷 France | #1819 | 1969 | ▼ 66 % |
| Yvan | French | 510 | 🇺🇸 United States | #6803 | 2020 | ▲ 3 % |
| Yvan | French | 249 | 🇨🇦 Québec | – | 1981 | – |
| Yvan | French | 231 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1969 | – |
| Yvan | French | 117 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | – | 1996 | – |
Names with a similar trajectory
Their popularity curve in France correlates closely with John's.
How we grouped these names
- John ↔ Jean — checked by hand
- John ↔ Juan — checked by hand
- John ↔ Giovanni — checked by hand
- John ↔ Joao — checked by hand
- John ↔ Ioan — checked by hand
- John ↔ Ion — checked by hand
- John ↔ Ivan — checked by hand
- John ↔ Johann — checked by hand
- John ↔ Johannes — checked by hand
- John ↔ Jan — checked by hand
- John ↔ Ivano — checked by hand
- John ↔ Ioannis — checked by hand
- Giovanni ↔ Giovani — spelling variant
- Giovanni ↔ Giovanny — spelling variant
Questions about John
How popular is the name John?
In 2025 it ranked #4 in Catalonia. Official registers record 10,552,804 births across 19 countries.
What is John in other languages?
Jean (French); Juan (Spanish); Ivan (French); Giovanni (Spanish); Jon (English); Jan (Catalan); Johan (German); Yoann (French); Yohan (French); Yvan (French).
When was John most popular?
It peaked in France in 1943, at 7,130.0 births per 100,000.
Is John a boy or a girl name?
In official birth registers, John is a boy name.