John is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #33 for boy births in the United States, given to 8,033 babies. John first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1947 (88,527 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,033 | #33 |
| 2024 | 8,095 | #32 |
| 2023 | 7,809 | #37 |
| 2022 | 8,008 | #39 |
| 2021 | 8,195 | #39 |
| 2020 | 8,274 | #39 |
| 2019 | 8,877 | #42 |
| 2018 | 9,218 | #40 |
| 2017 | 9,546 | #41 |
| 2016 | 10,072 | #42 |
| 2015 | 10,434 | #38 |
| 2014 | 10,715 | #37 |
| 2013 | 10,755 | #36 |
| 2012 | 10,649 | #37 |
| 2011 | 11,089 | #36 |
| 2010 | 11,578 | #35 |
| 2009 | 12,144 | #34 |
| 2008 | 13,358 | #28 |
| 2007 | 14,469 | #27 |
| 2006 | 15,212 | #27 |
| 2005 | 15,833 | #21 |
| 2004 | 16,541 | #22 |
| 2003 | 17,279 | #22 |
| 2002 | 17,498 | #21 |
| 2001 | 18,936 | #18 |
| 2000 | 20,142 | #17 |
| 1999 | 20,405 | #18 |
| 1998 | 20,660 | #21 |
| 1997 | 21,415 | #18 |
| 1996 | 22,225 | #19 |
| 1995 | 23,289 | #18 |
| 1994 | 24,235 | #19 |
| 1993 | 25,065 | #19 |
| 1992 | 26,309 | #16 |
| 1991 | 27,872 | #15 |
| 1990 | 29,170 | #16 |
| 1989 | 29,987 | #16 |
| 1988 | 29,594 | #14 |
| 1987 | 29,752 | #15 |
| 1986 | 30,429 | #14 |
| 1985 | 31,735 | #13 |
| 1984 | 32,848 | #12 |
| 1983 | 33,420 | #13 |
| 1982 | 34,932 | #10 |
| 1981 | 35,063 | #10 |
| 1980 | 35,525 | #10 |
| 1979 | 35,653 | #8 |
| 1978 | 34,236 | #8 |
| 1977 | 34,413 | #8 |
| 1976 | 34,186 | #7 |
| 1975 | 35,310 | #8 |
| 1974 | 37,866 | #7 |
| 1973 | 39,394 | #7 |
| 1972 | 43,382 | #6 |
| 1971 | 51,784 | #5 |
| 1970 | 58,781 | #4 |
| 1969 | 59,020 | #4 |
| 1968 | 61,206 | #3 |
| 1967 | 61,889 | #4 |
| 1966 | 65,300 | #4 |
| 1965 | 71,745 | #2 |
| 1964 | 82,772 | #2 |
| 1963 | 78,895 | #2 |
| 1962 | 78,713 | #3 |
| 1961 | 80,255 | #3 |
| 1960 | 76,340 | #4 |
| 1959 | 76,675 | #4 |
| 1958 | 76,262 | #5 |
| 1957 | 79,258 | #5 |
| 1956 | 81,028 | #5 |
| 1955 | 80,313 | #5 |
| 1954 | 81,353 | #4 |
| 1953 | 80,329 | #4 |
| 1952 | 83,337 | #3 |
| 1951 | 81,771 | #3 |
| 1950 | 79,592 | #4 |
| 1949 | 81,377 | #4 |
| 1948 | 83,026 | #4 |
| 1947 | 88,527 | #4 |
| 1946 | 79,475 | #3 |
| 1945 | 66,314 | #3 |
| 1944 | 66,796 | #3 |
| 1943 | 69,158 | #3 |
| 1942 | 66,284 | #3 |
| 1941 | 57,741 | #4 |
| 1940 | 54,994 | #4 |
| 1939 | 51,253 | #4 |
| 1938 | 50,733 | #4 |
| 1937 | 48,973 | #4 |
| 1936 | 47,886 | #4 |
| 1935 | 47,717 | #4 |
| 1934 | 47,000 | #4 |
| 1933 | 46,450 | #4 |
| 1932 | 48,922 | #4 |
| 1931 | 48,748 | #4 |
| 1930 | 52,849 | #4 |
| 1929 | 52,523 | #4 |
| 1928 | 54,184 | #3 |
| 1927 | 56,389 | #3 |
| 1926 | 56,493 | #3 |
| 1925 | 57,562 | #3 |
| 1924 | 59,434 | #3 |
| 1923 | 57,802 | #2 |
| 1922 | 57,565 | #2 |
| 1921 | 58,501 | #2 |
| 1920 | 57,194 | #2 |
| 1919 | 53,829 | #2 |
| 1918 | 56,806 | #2 |
| 1917 | 52,105 | #2 |
| 1916 | 50,270 | #2 |
| 1915 | 47,776 | #2 |
| 1914 | 38,116 | #2 |
| 1913 | 29,451 | #2 |
| 1912 | 24,700 | #2 |
| 1911 | 13,514 | #2 |
| 1910 | 11,538 | #2 |
| 1909 | 9,657 | #2 |
| 1908 | 9,401 | #2 |
| 1907 | 9,048 | #2 |
| 1906 | 8,307 | #2 |
| 1905 | 8,102 | #2 |
| 1904 | 8,148 | #2 |
| 1903 | 7,649 | #2 |
| 1902 | 7,945 | #2 |
| 1901 | 6,939 | #2 |
| 1900 | 9,874 | #2 |
| 1899 | 7,030 | #2 |
| 1898 | 8,214 | #2 |
| 1897 | 7,596 | #2 |
| 1896 | 8,188 | #2 |
| 1895 | 8,381 | #2 |
| 1894 | 8,297 | #2 |
| 1893 | 8,110 | #2 |
| 1892 | 9,093 | #2 |
| 1891 | 7,724 | #2 |
| 1890 | 8,558 | #2 |
| 1889 | 8,600 | #2 |
| 1888 | 9,299 | #2 |
| 1887 | 8,166 | #2 |
| 1886 | 9,074 | #2 |
| 1885 | 8,801 | #2 |
| 1884 | 9,428 | #1 |
| 1883 | 8,934 | #1 |
| 1882 | 9,597 | #1 |
| 1881 | 8,794 | #1 |
| 1880 | 9,701 | #1 |