Johnpaul
Masculine · “God is gracious”
Johnpaul runs two names together for one man — the pope who took both his predecessors' names in 1978 and reigned thirty-three days, and the one who followed and reigned twenty-six years.
How old is the name Johnpaul?
Johnpaul first appears in US birth records in 1960 — 65 years ago. The typical Johnpaul alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 5,900 people named Johnpaul are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Johnpaul most popular?
Johnpaul peaked in 1979, reaching #649 nationally. Today it ranks #1654, 1,005 places below that high. See the whole 1979 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yochanan to Johnpaul
The story of Johnpaul
Albino Luciani took the name John Paul I in August 1978, the first pope ever to use a double name, honoring John XXIII and Paul VI; he died thirty-three days later. Karol Wojtyła became John Paul II and reigned until 2005. Catholic families began registering the compound, and Johnpaul appears in the American registers from that period.
Meaning
God is gracious, and small
A compound of John, from the Hebrew Yochanan, 'God is gracious', and Paul, from the Latin paulus, 'small'. Both halves are transparent and undisputed. The joining is a modern Catholic devotional practice rather than an inherited compound.
How the name formed
- Yochanan
- John Paul
- Johnpaul
Related forms: John Paul · Juan Pablo · Giovanni Paolo
Pronouncing Johnpaul
JON-pawl
Two syllables, stress on the first. Johnpaul and John Paul are said identically.
Nicknames for Johnpaul
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1960
- Most boys named
- 2006193 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #649reached in 1979
- Change vs 2024
- +14.8%101 in 2025, from 88
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Johnpaul in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- John Paul in English — spelling variant
- Juan Pablo in Spanish — related form
- Giovanni Paolo in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Michigan.
Johnpauls among us
people named Johnpaul are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 16,912 born in 2025 was named Johnpaul
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Leeroy test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Johnpaul's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Leeroy climbed just as high around 1927, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Leeroy's path sketches the road Johnpaul is walking now.
Johnpaul sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Johnpaul is headed
Johnpaul should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Johnpaul beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Johnpaul in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both halves have transparent, undisputed meanings and enormous histories.
- JP is a ready-made short form that most bearers use.
- It records a specific and documented moment in Catholic history.
- The papal association is total and specifically Catholic.
- The run-together spelling will be separated by other people constantly.
- It is a compound rather than a single inherited name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Johnpauls are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 5,900 people named Johnpaul are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Johnpaul in 2025?
- Johnpaul ranks #1654 among US boy names in 2025, with 101 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Johnpaul?
- About 1 in every 16,912 US boys born in 2025 was named Johnpaul — 101 in all.
- Will my child share the name Johnpaul with classmates?
- Johnpaul will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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