Johann

Where Johann comes from

The dictionaries list Johann as a given name — a male given name from German Johann — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • German
Along the way
  1. 1685
    Johann Sebastian Bach born
    German composer
  2. 1749
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe born
    German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician
  3. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,544 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1956
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2010
    Peak, #910
    222 babies named Johann — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,541.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from German Johann.
Namesakes
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician, 1749–1832
  • Johann Sebastian Bach · German composer, 1685–1750
  • Johann Gottlieb Fichte · German philosopher, 1762–1814
  • Johann Gottfried Herder · German philosopher, theologian, poet, 1744–1803
  • Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi · Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer, 1746–1827

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.