Johney

Last seen for girls in 1926 at #4,306 · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #10,662
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1906 · 8 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,519
since 1888

Johney over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Johney has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201902peak #927, 1906boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006#10,6626
2005
2004#11,3565
2003
2002#10,6675
2001
2000
1999
1998#9,6315
1997
1996#7,1367
1995
1994
1993#7,6386
1992#7,4226
1991
1990#6,4157
1989#6,2297
1988
1987#4,23910
1986#5,3327
1985#6,5235
1984#6,3155
1983
1982#4,2349
1981#4,5098
1980#4,9407
1979#5,3556
1978#4,5547
1977#4,1648
1976#4,9356
1975#5,4645
1974
1973#3,22310
1972#2,53414
1971#3,9637
1970#2,05819
1969#3,9356
1968#2,57611
1967#2,7609
1966#2,04315
1965#2,47611
1964#2,40912
1963#3,0448
1962#2,36412
1961#1,60225
1960#1,97317
1959#2,41412
1958#1,95317
1957#3,0248
1956#1,82119
1955#1,84518
1954#1,82618
1953#1,63022
1952#1,61522
1951#1,77418
1950#1,74618
1949#1,46225
1948#1,81717
1947#1,64621
1946#1,29929
1945#1,58118
1944#1,73816
1943#1,39925
1942#1,53721
1941#1,53220
1940#1,31126
1939#1,45821
1938#1,27527
1937#1,48121
1936#1,20530
1935#1,35425
1934#1,26628
1933#1,33025
1932#1,32427
1931#1,25330
1930#1,64420
1929#1,44325
1928#1,35329
1927#1,56124
1926#4,3066#1,16138
1925#1,33230
1924#1,38029
1923#1,38528
1922#1,24234
1921#1,26733
1920#1,50525
1919#1,00945
1918#1,15236
1917#1,09237
1916#1,59420
1915#1,50521
1914#1,15325
1913#1,67611
1912#1,61910
1911#1,03811
1910#92812
1909#1,4405
1908
1907#9998
1906#9278
1905
1904
1903
1902#9337
1901#9436
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888#1,0315
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Johney! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1900, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Johney
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
  • Biggest jump: 512 spots in 1910 (#1,440#928)
  • Biggest drop: 110 spots in 1911 (#928#1,038)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1906 at #927 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1908, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1901–1902
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,184
  • Highest: 1 in 16,184 boys born in 1910 were named Johney (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,546 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #927 in 1906, was only 1 in 16,644 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.4% of all boys named Johney (295) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,031 (1888)#1,031
1890s0
1900s34#927 (1906)#1,048
1910s228#928 (1910)#1,277
1920s295#1,161 (1926)#1,363
1930s254#1,205 (1936)#1,359
1940s218#1,299 (1946)#1,532
1950s172#1,615 (1952)#1,965
1960s126#1,602 (1961)#2,518
1970s82#2,058 (1970)#4,028
1980s58#4,234 (1982)#5,290
1990s31#6,415 (1990)#7,648
2000s16#10,662 (2006)#10,895

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Johney in 1902

boys
#933
7 births · 1 in 17,523 boys

Top boys' names in 1902

  1. #1John7,907
  2. #2William6,617
  3. #3James5,592
  4. #4George4,223
  5. #5Charles3,361
  6. #6Robert3,180
  7. #7Joseph3,098
  8. #8Frank2,756
  9. #9Edward2,294
  10. #10Henry2,154
  11. #933Johney7
More about 1902

boys

122,660 boys got a published name in 1902; 1 in 17,523 of them was named Johney, which outranked 29.3% of the 1,320 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johney
  1. #862Wilhelm8
  2. #862Willam8
  3. #862Zeb8
  4. #933Johney7
  5. #933Alfonzo7
  6. #933Alonza7
  7. #933Arden7
  8. #1,013Alcide6
  9. #1,013Alejandro6
  10. #1,013Arlington6

Tied with 79 names at #933; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. 551Judge#1,058#507
  2. 522Ottis#1,058#536
  3. 502Lonzo#1,058#556
  4. 475Eldred#1,058#583
  5. 468Rogers#943#475
Fallers
  1. 541Carmen#596#1,137
  2. 541Alf#596#1,137
  3. 541Orrin#596#1,137
  4. 528Davis#334#862
  5. 500Guadalupe#433#933

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1902