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

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Peak · boys
1908 · 172 births
Debut · boys
18 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
20,930
since 1880

Johnie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201912peak #481, 1907peak #141, 1908girlsboys
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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#14,9425#7,67910
2024#11,1228
2023#10,8216
2022#6,82812
2021#7,58710
2020#7,50210
2019
2018#7,61710
2017#8,8408
2016#8,8168
2015#7,49110
2014#16,5135#5,99714
2013#6,24113
2012#8,1589
2011#16,7645#7,50210
2010#5,47816
2009#15,2426#10,9946
2008#5,48716
2007#6,26213
2006#5,78114
2005#5,27815
2004#5,49214
2003#6,71510
2002#5,39513
2001#5,39013
2000#5,29713
1999#14,4115#3,98618
1998#12,4266#3,39022
1997#4,24615
1996#11,8076#2,83826
1995#3,30320
1994#13,4305#3,75117
1993#9,5598#2,57728
1992#11,7386#3,33819
1991#11,5096#1,95239
1990#2,37329
1989#8,7618#1,91938
1988#7,11110#2,03531
1987#8,7787#2,27225
1986#1,64539
1985#9,3076#1,91630
1984#1,65635
1983#10,2755#1,90528
1982#1,70034
1981#9,1106#1,62936
1980#9,0956#1,61936
1979#8,0617#1,43542
1978#9,7505#1,65233
1977#8,4446#1,57135
1976#8,1566#1,19052
1975#5,51610#1,47836
1974#4,72012#1,09956
1973#6,6667#1,14751
1972#4,09114#1,21046
1971#7,3886#94774
1970#7,9955#90578
1969#5,9747#94466
1968#95858
1967#5,4577#91562
1966#4,4939#91663
1965#5,8176#83777
1964#6,7675#86777
1963#5,8916#79591
1962#4,5339#79990
1961#3,60813#81787
1960#3,68812#80889
1959#3,25414#749104
1958#3,37913#728105
1957#2,82317#79589
1956#2,72518#75694
1955#2,15625#672118
1954#3,01914#675114
1953#2,51618#621134
1952#2,07424#645116
1951#2,11622#601134
1950#1,72030#551150
1949#1,66632#547149
1948#1,73929#508167
1947#1,57636#504177
1946#1,77126#465188
1945#1,13148#474158
1944#1,07952#401222
1943#1,02760#419219
1942#1,04656#410223
1941#1,06547#379233
1940#1,06246#375231
1939#98751#365240
1938#87564#354245
1937#79674#305304
1936#74880#307302
1935#67996#295341
1934#71786#285359
1933#79070#288339
1932#656104#270415
1931#68495#260439
1930#669105#259466
1929#621122#253486
1928#581147#239543
1927#547167#219610
1926#514183#231578
1925#536177#232565
1924#526186#235579
1923#539176#215600
1922#515184#218608
1921#546169#211626
1920#590148#190706
1919#502181#195645
1918#483196#204633
1917#572138#204552
1916#584132#218493
1915#576126#224456
1914#562100#205405
1913#55685#203326
1912#54780#186311
1911#50767#172184
1910#49567#157199
1909#48360#166147
1908#70930#141172
1907#48155#164133
1906#63332#145141
1905#57936#142148
1904#61231#170107
1903#64027#16999
1902#55934#155113
1901#65923#17486
1900#58935#161130
1899#57828#17284
1898#1,09810#19677
1897#71519#20071
1896#90313#20475
1895#54729#23058
1894#69718#21860
1893#79414#26942
1892#72616#22859
1891#79612#26038
1890#1,0068#27240
1889#9029#27138
1888#83710#27343
1887#1,0366#31128
1886#1,1085#31130
1885#57614#29033
1884#64011#33128
1883#46015
1882#37722
1881#8305#46014
1880#40318
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s269#271 (1889)#349
1890s604#172 (1899)#225
1900s1,276#141 (1908)#159
1910s4,204#157 (1910)#197
1920s5,901#190 (1920)#224
1930s3,450#259 (1930)#299
1940s1,967#375 (1940)#448
1950s1,158#551 (1950)#679
1960s760#795 (1963)#866
1970s503#905 (1970)#1,263
1980s332#1,619 (1980)#1,830
1990s233#1,952 (1991)#3,175
2000s127#5,278 (2005)#6,209
2010s98#5,478 (2010)#7,349
2020s48#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 1912

girls
#547
80 births · 1 in 6,976 girls
boys
#186
311 births · 1 in 1,382 boys

Top girls' names in 1912

  1. #1Mary32,304
  2. #2Helen16,133
  3. #3Dorothy12,645
  4. #4Margaret12,536
  5. #5Ruth11,280
  6. #6Mildred8,764
  7. #7Anna8,586
  8. #8Elizabeth8,527
  9. #9Frances6,680
  10. #10Marie6,642
  11. #547Johnie80

Top boys' names in 1912

  1. #1John24,588
  2. #2William19,626
  3. #3James17,644
  4. #4Robert12,836
  5. #5Joseph12,062
  6. #6George11,734
  7. #7Charles11,070
  8. #8Edward7,936
  9. #9Frank7,912
  10. #10Thomas6,087
  11. #186Johnie311
More about 1912

girls

558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 6,976 of them was named Johnie, which outranked 84.1% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johnie
  1. #544Ethelyn81
  2. #544James81
  3. #544Tina81
  4. #547Johnie80
  5. #547Audra80
  6. #547Idell80
  7. #550Charlie79
  8. #550Odell79
  9. #550Ursula79

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. 712Jule#1,545#833
  2. 626Beula#1,545#919
  3. 602Noma#1,372#770
  4. 577Walter#1,372#795
  5. 490Izora#1,450#960
Fallers
  1. 912Mabell#932#1,844
  2. 602Justina#875#1,477
  3. 579Irine#898#1,477
  4. 579Sula#898#1,477
  5. 568Cordia#853#1,421

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

boys

429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 1,382 of them was named Johnie, which outranked 93.6% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johnie
  1. #183Adolph318
  2. #183Jay318
  3. #185Wilfred317
  4. #186Johnie311
  5. #187Forrest308
  6. #188Adam307
  7. #189Phillip306
Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. 864Arlo#1,740#876
  2. 848Guss#1,740#892
  3. 805Courtney#1,740#935
  4. 805Erling#1,740#935
  5. 805Masao#1,740#935
Fallers
  1. 1,688Rosendo#856#2,544
  2. 1,063Metro#982#2,045
  3. 1,057Lawyer#689#1,746
  4. 903Hymen#982#1,885
  5. 903Mathias#982#1,885

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

See the top 100 for 1912