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.