John
#2 most common boys' name of all time · #2 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#2
Rank overall
#2 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
5,204,377
Since 2016
86,127
Peak year
1947 #3
Best rank
#1 1880
🏆 The #1 boys' name in America — 44 separate years
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1880
Girls
Boys
peak 88,527/yr
John is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 8,027 | 8,033 | #23 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8,087 | 8,095 | #21 |
| 2023 | 5 | 7,804 | 7,809 | #26 |
| 2022 | 7 | 8,001 | 8,008 | #26 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,186 | 8,195 | #27 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,265 | 8,274 | #27 |
| 2019 | 14 | 8,863 | 8,877 | #28 |
| 2018 | 14 | 9,204 | 9,218 | #26 |
| 2017 | 10 | 9,536 | 9,546 | #27 |
| 2016 | 12 | 10,060 | 10,072 | #28 |
| 2015 | 11 | 10,423 | 10,434 | #26 |
| 2014 | 14 | 10,701 | 10,715 | #26 |
| 2013 | 16 | 10,739 | 10,755 | #27 |
| 2012 | 11 | 10,638 | 10,649 | #28 |
| 2011 | 21 | 11,068 | 11,089 | #27 |
| 2010 | 10 | 11,568 | 11,578 | #26 |
| 2009 | 11 | 12,133 | 12,144 | #26 |
| 2008 | 22 | 13,336 | 13,358 | #20 |
| 2007 | 22 | 14,447 | 14,469 | #19 |
| 2006 | 35 | 15,177 | 15,212 | #19 |
| 2005 | 37 | 15,796 | 15,833 | #18 |
| 2004 | 71 | 16,470 | 16,541 | #17 |
| 2003 | 30 | 17,249 | 17,279 | #17 |
| 2002 | 21 | 17,477 | 17,498 | #17 |
| 2001 | 32 | 18,904 | 18,936 | #14 |
| 2000 | 27 | 20,115 | 20,142 | #14 |
| 1999 | 39 | 20,366 | 20,405 | #15 |
| 1998 | 27 | 20,633 | 20,660 | #15 |
| 1997 | 29 | 21,386 | 21,415 | #15 |
| 1996 | 37 | 22,188 | 22,225 | #15 |
| 1995 | 45 | 23,244 | 23,289 | #13 |
| 1994 | 48 | 24,187 | 24,235 | #15 |
| 1993 | 69 | 24,996 | 25,065 | #16 |
| 1992 | 56 | 26,253 | 26,309 | #14 |
| 1991 | 63 | 27,809 | 27,872 | #10 |
| 1990 | 81 | 29,089 | 29,170 | #12 |
| 1989 | 134 | 29,853 | 29,987 | #12 |
| 1988 | 167 | 29,427 | 29,594 | #11 |
| 1987 | 197 | 29,555 | 29,752 | #11 |
| 1986 | 220 | 30,209 | 30,429 | #10 |
| 1985 | 233 | 31,502 | 31,735 | #9 |
| 1984 | 238 | 32,610 | 32,848 | #8 |
| 1983 | 266 | 33,154 | 33,420 | #9 |
| 1982 | 234 | 34,698 | 34,932 | #8 |
| 1981 | 195 | 34,868 | 35,063 | #8 |
| 1980 | 251 | 35,274 | 35,525 | #8 |
| 1979 | 243 | 35,410 | 35,653 | #7 |
| 1978 | 222 | 34,014 | 34,236 | #7 |
| 1977 | 218 | 34,195 | 34,413 | #7 |
| 1976 | 210 | 33,976 | 34,186 | #6 |
| 1975 | 231 | 35,079 | 35,310 | #7 |
| 1974 | 254 | 37,612 | 37,866 | #6 |
| 1973 | 229 | 39,165 | 39,394 | #6 |
| 1972 | 224 | 43,158 | 43,382 | #5 |
| 1971 | 272 | 51,512 | 51,784 | #4 |
| 1970 | 290 | 58,491 | 58,781 | #4 |
| 1969 | 288 | 58,732 | 59,020 | #4 |
| 1968 | 303 | 60,903 | 61,206 | #3 |
| 1967 | 289 | 61,600 | 61,889 | #4 |
| 1966 | 284 | 65,016 | 65,300 | #4 |
| 1965 | 252 | 71,493 | 71,745 | #2 |
| 1964 | 264 | 82,508 | 82,772 | #2 |
| 1963 | 259 | 78,636 | 78,895 | #2 |
| 1962 | 286 | 78,427 | 78,713 | #3 |
| 1961 | 272 | 79,983 | 80,255 | #3 |
| 1960 | 244 | 76,096 | 76,340 | #4 |
| 1959 | 229 | 76,446 | 76,675 | #4 |
| 1958 | 205 | 76,057 | 76,262 | #5 |
| 1957 | 225 | 79,033 | 79,258 | #5 |
| 1956 | 224 | 80,804 | 81,028 | #5 |
| 1955 | 185 | 80,128 | 80,313 | #5 |
| 1954 | 185 | 81,168 | 81,353 | #4 |
| 1953 | 164 | 80,165 | 80,329 | #4 |
| 1952 | 197 | 83,140 | 83,337 | #3 |
| 1951 | 202 | 81,569 | 81,771 | #3 |
| 1950 | 180 | 79,412 | 79,592 | #3 |
| 1949 | 199 | 81,178 | 81,377 | #3 |
| 1948 | 192 | 82,834 | 83,026 | #3 |
| 1947 | 203 | 88,324 | 88,527 | #3 |
| 1946 | 208 | 79,267 | 79,475 | #3 |
| 1945 | 197 | 66,117 | 66,314 | #3 |
| 1944 | 180 | 66,616 | 66,796 | #3 |
| 1943 | 229 | 68,929 | 69,158 | #3 |
| 1942 | 241 | 66,043 | 66,284 | #3 |
| 1941 | 221 | 57,520 | 57,741 | #3 |
| 1940 | 208 | 54,786 | 54,994 | #3 |
| 1939 | 228 | 51,025 | 51,253 | #3 |
| 1938 | 216 | 50,517 | 50,733 | #3 |
| 1937 | 218 | 48,755 | 48,973 | #3 |
| 1936 | 203 | 47,683 | 47,886 | #3 |
| 1935 | 208 | 47,509 | 47,717 | #3 |
| 1934 | 257 | 46,743 | 47,000 | #3 |
| 1933 | 226 | 46,224 | 46,450 | #3 |
| 1932 | 298 | 48,624 | 48,922 | #3 |
| 1931 | 325 | 48,423 | 48,748 | #3 |
| 1930 | 402 | 52,447 | 52,849 | #3 |
| 1929 | 411 | 52,112 | 52,523 | #3 |
| 1928 | 424 | 53,760 | 54,184 | #2 |
| 1927 | 440 | 55,949 | 56,389 | #2 |
| 1926 | 385 | 56,108 | 56,493 | #2 |
| 1925 | 367 | 57,195 | 57,562 | #2 |
| 1924 | 382 | 59,052 | 59,434 | #2 |
| 1923 | 335 | 57,467 | 57,802 | #1 |
| 1922 | 285 | 57,280 | 57,565 | #1 |
| 1921 | 285 | 58,216 | 58,501 | #1 |
| 1920 | 281 | 56,913 | 57,194 | #1 |
| 1919 | 307 | 53,522 | 53,829 | #1 |
| 1918 | 248 | 56,558 | 56,806 | #1 |
| 1917 | 253 | 51,852 | 52,105 | #1 |
| 1916 | 227 | 50,043 | 50,270 | #1 |
| 1915 | 200 | 47,576 | 47,776 | #1 |
| 1914 | 169 | 37,947 | 38,116 | #1 |
| 1913 | 122 | 29,329 | 29,451 | #1 |
| 1912 | 112 | 24,588 | 24,700 | #1 |
| 1911 | 68 | 13,446 | 13,514 | #1 |
| 1910 | 88 | 11,450 | 11,538 | #1 |
| 1909 | 67 | 9,590 | 9,657 | #1 |
| 1908 | 58 | 9,343 | 9,401 | #1 |
| 1907 | 65 | 8,983 | 9,048 | #1 |
| 1906 | 43 | 8,264 | 8,307 | #1 |
| 1905 | 43 | 8,059 | 8,102 | #1 |
| 1904 | 40 | 8,108 | 8,148 | #1 |
| 1903 | 41 | 7,608 | 7,649 | #1 |
| 1902 | 38 | 7,907 | 7,945 | #1 |
| 1901 | 39 | 6,900 | 6,939 | #1 |
| 1900 | 46 | 9,828 | 9,874 | #1 |
| 1899 | 40 | 6,990 | 7,030 | #1 |
| 1898 | 55 | 8,159 | 8,214 | #1 |
| 1897 | 46 | 7,550 | 7,596 | #1 |
| 1896 | 50 | 8,138 | 8,188 | #1 |
| 1895 | 61 | 8,320 | 8,381 | #1 |
| 1894 | 60 | 8,237 | 8,297 | #1 |
| 1893 | 61 | 8,049 | 8,110 | #1 |
| 1892 | 54 | 9,039 | 9,093 | #1 |
| 1891 | 44 | 7,680 | 7,724 | #1 |
| 1890 | 56 | 8,502 | 8,558 | #1 |
| 1889 | 52 | 8,548 | 8,600 | #1 |
| 1888 | 52 | 9,247 | 9,299 | #1 |
| 1887 | 56 | 8,110 | 8,166 | #1 |
| 1886 | 48 | 9,026 | 9,074 | #1 |
| 1885 | 45 | 8,756 | 8,801 | #1 |
| 1884 | 40 | 9,388 | 9,428 | #1 |
| 1883 | 40 | 8,894 | 8,934 | #1 |
| 1882 | 40 | 9,557 | 9,597 | #1 |
| 1881 | 26 | 8,768 | 8,794 | #1 |
| 1880 | 46 | 9,655 | 9,701 | #1 |