Yochanan
Yohanan יוֹחָנָן, sometimes transcribed as Johanan, is a Hebrew male given name that can also appear in the longer form of יְהוֹחָנָן, meaning "YHWH is gracious".
- Hebrew
- Biblical Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Yochanan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yohanan יוֹחָנָן, sometimes transcribed as Johanan, is a Hebrew male given name that can also appear in the longer form of יְהוֹחָנָן, meaning "YHWH is gracious".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
- Biblical Hebrew
The Story of Yochanan
The earliest SSA record of Yochanan as a baby boy name dates back to 1982, when 9 babies received it. 2014 was its biggest year on record, with 16 newborns named Yochanan — #5,482 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Yochanan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Yochanan ranks #7,459 for baby boys with 9 births, gradually falling (-13%). All told, over 300 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Yochanan
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Yochanan. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Yehochanan
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About the name Yochanan
Yochanan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 300 births in the dataset. Yochanan's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #4,215. Use the chart and map above to compare Yochanan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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