Yohan
Yohan was the 1259th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 158 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1164th with 180 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 851 places. More babies were named Yohan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,259 boys, up 762 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 158boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024180 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,865babies recorded
Yohan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,259 | 158 |
| 2020 | #2,021 | 71 |
| 2010 | #2,352 | 55 |
| 2000 | #6,305 | 11 |
| 1990 | #8,096 | 6 |
| 1980 | #6,230 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Yohan, counting every spelling?
Yohan is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,105 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,259 for Yohan on its own. Together these spellings went to 178 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yohan | 158 | #1,259 | 648 |
| Yohann | 20 | #5,037 | 62 |
| Yohaan | — | — | 27 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Yohan?
158 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Yohan (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Yohan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 53 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Yohan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Yohan?
About 1,800 people born in the US named Yohan are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 3 and 16. That makes Yohan a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Yohan by state
How common Yohan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Massachusetts (2.3×), Georgia (1.8×), Florida (1.6×), New Jersey (1.5×). In 33 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Yohan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Yohan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Yohan
How popular is the name Yohan?
Yohan was the 1259th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 158 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1164th with 180 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 851 places. More babies were named Yohan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Yohan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Yohan in the US.
Where is Yohan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Yohan was most common in Massachusetts (0.17 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Florida.