Johnie
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 80.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1908 · 172 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,930since 1880
Johnie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | — | #6,241 | 13 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | — | #5,478 | 16 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,781 | 14 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,278 | 15 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,390 | 13 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,297 | 13 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #3,390 | 22 |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #2,838 | 26 |
| 1995 | — | #3,303 | 20 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #1,952 | 39 |
| 1990 | — | #2,373 | 29 | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #1,919 | 38 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #2,035 | 31 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #2,272 | 25 |
| 1986 | — | #1,645 | 39 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | — | #1,656 | 35 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #1,905 | 28 |
| 1982 | — | #1,700 | 34 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #1,629 | 36 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #1,619 | 36 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #1,435 | 42 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,652 | 33 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #1,571 | 35 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #1,190 | 52 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #1,478 | 36 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | #1,099 | 56 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #1,147 | 51 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #1,210 | 46 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #947 | 74 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #905 | 78 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #944 | 66 |
| 1968 | — | #958 | 58 | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #915 | 62 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #916 | 63 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #837 | 77 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #867 | 77 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #795 | 91 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #799 | 90 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #817 | 87 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #808 | 89 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | #749 | 104 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | #728 | 105 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #795 | 89 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 | #756 | 94 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | #672 | 118 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | #675 | 114 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 | #621 | 134 |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | #645 | 116 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | #601 | 134 |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 | #551 | 150 |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 | #547 | 149 |
| 1948 | #1,739 | 29 | #508 | 167 |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 | #504 | 177 |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 | #465 | 188 |
| 1945 | #1,131 | 48 | #474 | 158 |
| 1944 | #1,079 | 52 | #401 | 222 |
| 1943 | #1,027 | 60 | #419 | 219 |
| 1942 | #1,046 | 56 | #410 | 223 |
| 1941 | #1,065 | 47 | #379 | 233 |
| 1940 | #1,062 | 46 | #375 | 231 |
| 1939 | #987 | 51 | #365 | 240 |
| 1938 | #875 | 64 | #354 | 245 |
| 1937 | #796 | 74 | #305 | 304 |
| 1936 | #748 | 80 | #307 | 302 |
| 1935 | #679 | 96 | #295 | 341 |
| 1934 | #717 | 86 | #285 | 359 |
| 1933 | #790 | 70 | #288 | 339 |
| 1932 | #656 | 104 | #270 | 415 |
| 1931 | #684 | 95 | #260 | 439 |
| 1930 | #669 | 105 | #259 | 466 |
| 1929 | #621 | 122 | #253 | 486 |
| 1928 | #581 | 147 | #239 | 543 |
| 1927 | #547 | 167 | #219 | 610 |
| 1926 | #514 | 183 | #231 | 578 |
| 1925 | #536 | 177 | #232 | 565 |
| 1924 | #526 | 186 | #235 | 579 |
| 1923 | #539 | 176 | #215 | 600 |
| 1922 | #515 | 184 | #218 | 608 |
| 1921 | #546 | 169 | #211 | 626 |
| 1920 | #590 | 148 | #190 | 706 |
| 1919 | #502 | 181 | #195 | 645 |
| 1918 | #483 | 196 | #204 | 633 |
| 1917 | #572 | 138 | #204 | 552 |
| 1916 | #584 | 132 | #218 | 493 |
| 1915 | #576 | 126 | #224 | 456 |
| 1914 | #562 | 100 | #205 | 405 |
| 1913 | #556 | 85 | #203 | 326 |
| 1912 | #547 | 80 | #186 | 311 |
| 1911 | #507 | 67 | #172 | 184 |
| 1910 | #495 | 67 | #157 | 199 |
| 1909 | #483 | 60 | #166 | 147 |
| 1908 | #709 | 30 | #141 | 172 |
| 1907 | #481 | 55 | #164 | 133 |
| 1906 | #633 | 32 | #145 | 141 |
| 1905 | #579 | 36 | #142 | 148 |
| 1904 | #612 | 31 | #170 | 107 |
| 1903 | #640 | 27 | #169 | 99 |
| 1902 | #559 | 34 | #155 | 113 |
| 1901 | #659 | 23 | #174 | 86 |
| 1900 | #589 | 35 | #161 | 130 |
| 1899 | #578 | 28 | #172 | 84 |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | #196 | 77 |
| 1897 | #715 | 19 | #200 | 71 |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 | #204 | 75 |
| 1895 | #547 | 29 | #230 | 58 |
| 1894 | #697 | 18 | #218 | 60 |
| 1893 | #794 | 14 | #269 | 42 |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 | #228 | 59 |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 | #260 | 38 |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | #272 | 40 |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 | #271 | 38 |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 | #273 | 43 |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | #311 | 28 |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | #311 | 30 |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 | #290 | 33 |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 | #331 | 28 |
| 1883 | — | #460 | 15 | |
| 1882 | — | #377 | 22 | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | #460 | 14 |
| 1880 | — | #403 | 18 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Johnie was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2019, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Johnie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 177 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #7,679)
- 188 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 129 spots in 1884 (#460 → #331)
- Biggest drop: 263 spots in 1972 (#947 → #1,210)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1908 at #141 (172 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 56 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 92 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1880–1971
Share of babies · boys
1 in 894
- Highest: 1 in 894 boys born in 1905 were named Johnie (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #141 in 1908, was only 1 in 897 (0.11%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 28.2% of all boys named Johnie (5,901) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 269 | #271 (1889) | #349 |
| 1890s | 604 | #172 (1899) | #225 |
| 1900s | 1,276 | #141 (1908) | #159 |
| 1910s | 4,204 | #157 (1910) | #197 |
| 1920s | 5,901 | #190 (1920) | #224 |
| 1930s | 3,450 | #259 (1930) | #299 |
| 1940s | 1,967 | #375 (1940) | #448 |
| 1950s | 1,158 | #551 (1950) | #679 |
| 1960s | 760 | #795 (1963) | #866 |
| 1970s | 503 | #905 (1970) | #1,263 |
| 1980s | 332 | #1,619 (1980) | #1,830 |
| 1990s | 233 | #1,952 (1991) | #3,175 |
| 2000s | 127 | #5,278 (2005) | #6,209 |
| 2010s | 98 | #5,478 (2010) | #7,349 |
| 2020s | 48 | #6,828 (2022) | #8,083 |
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.
Johnie in 1883
boys
#460
15 births · 1 in 6,975 boys
Top boys' names in 1883
More about 1883
boys
104,625 boys got a published name in 1883; 1 in 6,975 of them was named Johnie, which outranked 55.3% of the 1,030 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).