John Boy Name

Baby Boy Names > Starting With J > John

The name John is of Hebrew origin, and means Yahweh is gracious. The table below indicates the number of times the name John has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name John**
Use of the Name John for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
4,953,619	2,156,533	649,600	196,948	89,460	33,235	16,133

The table below indicates the number of times the name John has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name John**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	1	9,654	229	46
1881	1	8,771	313	26
1882	1	9,557	278	40
1883	1	8,896	279	40
1884	1	9,387	309	40
1885	1	8,756	297	45
1886	1	9,026	300	48
1887	1	8,110	286	56
1888	1	9,248	333	52
1889	1	8,548	346	52
1890	1	8,503	347	55
1891	1	7,681	379	44
1892	1	9,039	363	54
1893	1	8,050	343	61
1894	1	8,241	362	60
1895	1	8,323	360	61
1896	1	8,140	408	50
1897	1	7,552	433	46
1898	1	8,163	416	55
1899	1	6,993	462	40
1900	1	9,849	502	46
1901	1	6,896	485	39
1902	1	7,909	521	38
1903	1	7,609	507	40
1904	1	8,108	524	40
1905	1	8,065	534	42
1906	1	8,266	522	44
1907	1	8,978	445	65
1908	1	9,343	475	58
1909	1	9,579	459	67
1910	1	11,440	421	88
1911	1	13,418	504	68
1912	1	24,572	445	112
1913	1	29,283	448	122
1914	1	37,935	408	169
1915	1	47,572	431	199
1916	1	50,050	412	227
1917	1	51,873	397	254
1918	1	56,644	419	248
1919	1	53,559	370	306
1920	1	56,909	395	280
1921	1	58,185	399	287
1922	1	57,266	384	287
1923	1	57,447	363	334
1924	2	59,067	349	380
1925	2	57,099	354	367
1926	2	56,078	335	390
1927	2	55,855	319	439
1928	2	53,690	324	421
1929	3	51,991	321	415
1930	3	52,332	327	402
1931	3	48,333	356	325
1932	3	48,536	373	297
1933	3	46,137	427	228
1934	3	46,674	410	255
1935	3	47,466	449	207
1936	3	47,643	446	204
1937	3	48,677	446	218
1938	3	50,490	457	216
1939	3	51,068	445	229
1940	3	54,714	463	208
1941	3	57,471	471	220
1942	3	66,051	477	238
1943	3	68,637	483	233
1944	3	66,396	545	176
1945	3	66,069	519	197
1946	3	78,987	548	209
1947	3	88,105	602	201
1948	3	82,548	605	192
1949	3	80,899	586	200
1950	3	79,343	639	179
1951	3	81,261	607	201
1952	3	83,098	634	196
1953	4	79,944	713	162
1954	4	81,034	680	188
1955	5	79,974	685	187
1956	5	80,686	642	219
1957	5	78,878	654	226
1958	5	75,852	687	206
1959	4	76,405	664	228
1960	4	76,097	649	242
1961	3	79,789	611	275
1962	3	78,372	587	284
1963	2	78,623	627	260
1964	2	82,450	616	265
1965	2	71,521	612	253
1966	4	64,997	565	283
1967	4	61,572	553	290
1968	3	60,862	558	303
1969	4	58,756	583	288
1970	4	58,427	598	293
1971	4	51,429	623	269
1972	5	43,106	669	225
1973	6	39,128	651	230
1974	6	37,571	617	252
1975	7	35,027	661	230
1976	6	33,947	702	210
1977	7	34,145	713	218
1978	7	33,958	716	221
1979	7	35,361	693	245
1980	8	35,186	688	251
1981	8	34,844	812	196
1982	8	34,622	729	234
1983	9	33,127	645	266
1984	8	32,547	703	237
1985	9	31,445	742	233
1986	10	30,140	774	220
1987	11	29,514	866	196
1988	11	29,326	986	167
1989	12	29,805
1990	12	29,038
1991	10	27,763
1992	14	26,194
1993	16	24,949
1994	15	24,152
1995	13	23,191
1996	15	22,114
1997	15	21,336
1998	15	20,565
1999	15	20,282
2000	14	20,025
2001	14	18,819
2002	17	17,381
2003	17	17,102
2004	18	16,133
Totals:		4,953,619		20,626

During the last 125 years, parents have used John as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.

Baby-Boy-Names.org is a Chosen Sites™ family reference source.
All information on this baby name website is provided "as is."

John Boy Name

Baby Boy Names > Starting With J > John

Boy Name John