JOHN is ranked as the 1st most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 5,298,362.
This name is in the 100th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 1661.67 people named JOHN for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named JOHN is 3,175,228.
The SSA data also shows that JOHN is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
JOHN is
81.0% White,
4.3% Hispanic origin,
10.9% Black,
1.8% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name JOHN have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name JOHN is included in the following name categories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
English masculine given name
Greek masculine given name
Biblical surname
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Masculine given name
Common Norwegian masculine given name - SSB Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name JOHN
The state with the most people named
JOHN is
California where
537,814 people have this name.
Pennsylvania is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named JOHN, as
2467.86 in every 100,000
Pennsylvanians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
100th, this rank was reached in the states of
Rhode Island.
Pennsylvania is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Hawaii
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name JOHN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
252,581
1960.94
100.0%
Indiana
124,173
1882.31
100.0%
Iowa
45,973
1479.61
100.0%
Kansas
50,330
1733.12
100.0%
Michigan
166,735
1682.51
100.0%
Minnesota
90,302
1654.75
100.0%
Missouri
44,213
1476.7
100.0%
Nebraska
31,832
1691.84
100.0%
North Dakota
9,320
1260.34
100.0%
Ohio
233,922
2017.58
100.0%
South Dakota
11,655
1366.04
100.0%
Wisconsin
99,546
1728.97
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name JOHN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
14,287
1939.25
100.0%
Arizona
123,095
1828.65
100.0%
California
537,814
1386.03
100.0%
Colorado
97,070
1812.41
100.0%
Hawaii
16,051
1130.69
100.0%
Idaho
26,320
1610.32
100.0%
Montana
20,270
1980.32
100.0%
Nevada
46,031
1621.31
100.0%
New Mexico
34,109
1635.5
100.0%
Oregon
68,349
1721.55
100.0%
Utah
37,573
1276.74
100.0%
Washington
114,296
1618.57
100.0%
Wyoming
11,498
1968.27
100.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name JOHN
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have JOHN as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named JOHN.
The most popular full name is JOHN Smith.
0.61% of all the people named JOHN
have this family name.
There are 190543 last
names associated with this first name.