Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Johan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Johan” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Johan” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Johan” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Johan” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Johan” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Johan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Johan” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1910 5 0.000008464 5 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 -100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 -100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 -100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 -100%
1921 12 0.00000514 12 -100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 -100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 -100%
1925 7 0.000003 7 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1928 18 0.000007961 9 9 0%
1929 10 0.000004562 5 5 0%
1930 18 0.000008096 8 10 -11%
1932 13 0.000006157 6 7 -8%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 100%
1935 18 0.000008613 8 10 -11%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 100%
1939 7 0.000003177 7 100%
1941 13 0.000005336 5 8 -23%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 5 9 -29%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1956 10 0.000002425 10 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 17 0.000004373 17 -100%
1965 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 10 0.000002946 10 -100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 -100%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 -100%
1970 17 0.000004714 17 -100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 -100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 -100%
1973 12 0.000003978 12 -100%
1974 16 0.000005263 16 -100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 -100%
1976 24 0.00000791 24 -100%
1977 23 0.000007241 23 -100%
1978 31 0.000009767 31 -100%
1979 36 0.000010821 36 -100%
1980 30 0.00000871 30 -100%
1981 38 0.000010985 38 -100%
1982 47 0.000013398 47 -100%
1983 42 0.000012127 42 -100%
1984 47 0.000013472 47 -100%
1985 33 0.000009246 33 -100%
1986 27 0.00000759 27 -100%
1987 73 0.000020246 8 65 -78%
1988 58 0.000015697 58 -100%
1989 58 0.000015087 58 -100%
1990 40 0.00001012 40 -100%
1991 57 0.000014633 57 -100%
1992 69 0.000017963 69 -100%
1993 38 0.000010079 38 -100%
1994 69 0.00001856 69 -100%
1995 78 0.000021299 78 -100%
1996 92 0.000025225 92 -100%
1997 117 0.000032269 117 -100%
1998 150 0.000040781 150 -100%
1999 180 0.000048729 180 -100%
2000 172 0.000045504 172 -100%
2001 400 0.000106855 7 393 -96%
2002 454 0.000121446 7 447 -97%
2003 388 0.000102043 388 -100%
2004 402 0.00010521 7 395 -97%
2005 439 0.000114179 439 -100%
2006 476 0.000120318 476 -100%
2007 536 0.000134078 6 530 -98%
2008 616 0.000156716 616 -100%
2009 573 0.000149993 573 -100%
2010 592 0.000160184 592 -100%
2011 520 0.000142162 520 -100%
2012 566 0.000154756 566 -100%
2013 496 0.000136052 496 -100%
2014 478 0.000128967 478 -100%
2015 514 0.000138885 514 -100%
2016 659 0.000179628 659 -100%
2017 577 0.000161345 577 -100%
2018 480 0.000136523 480 -100%
2019 480 0.000138291 480 -100%
2020 458 0.000137102 458 -100%
2021 438 0.000129282 438 -100%
2022 501 0.000148087 501 -100%
2023 515 0.000155533 515 -100%
2024 554 0.000166441 554 -100%

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