Johnnie
#3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births · #2,284 for boys in 2025, 61 births
Given to boys 67.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1910 · 502 births
- Debut · boys
- 24 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 14 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 102,099since 1880
Johnnie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #3,577 | 42 | #2,284 | 61 |
| 2024 | #3,822 | 39 | #2,313 | 61 |
| 2023 | #4,191 | 34 | #2,173 | 66 |
| 2022 | #3,893 | 38 | #2,022 | 75 |
| 2021 | #3,553 | 43 | #1,815 | 86 |
| 2020 | #4,078 | 34 | #1,946 | 74 |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | #2,020 | 72 |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 | #1,625 | 100 |
| 2017 | #3,552 | 43 | #1,661 | 95 |
| 2016 | #3,923 | 38 | #1,663 | 95 |
| 2015 | #4,488 | 31 | #1,514 | 109 |
| 2014 | #4,003 | 37 | #1,422 | 118 |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 | #1,433 | 115 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | #1,498 | 107 |
| 2011 | #4,807 | 29 | #1,285 | 133 |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 | #1,536 | 105 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | #1,413 | 119 |
| 2008 | #5,574 | 25 | #1,240 | 140 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | #1,162 | 152 |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | #1,255 | 133 |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 | #1,093 | 151 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | #1,132 | 139 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | #1,076 | 144 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 | #1,033 | 148 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | #958 | 160 |
| 2000 | #4,079 | 30 | #939 | 162 |
| 1999 | #3,443 | 36 | #834 | 181 |
| 1998 | #2,614 | 52 | #888 | 164 |
| 1997 | #2,590 | 49 | #755 | 197 |
| 1996 | #2,510 | 50 | #747 | 202 |
| 1995 | #2,456 | 52 | #643 | 260 |
| 1994 | #2,627 | 47 | #713 | 215 |
| 1993 | #2,127 | 63 | #635 | 264 |
| 1992 | #2,459 | 52 | #630 | 269 |
| 1991 | #3,036 | 37 | #594 | 293 |
| 1990 | #2,345 | 53 | #557 | 328 |
| 1989 | #2,371 | 49 | #514 | 347 |
| 1988 | #2,216 | 51 | #534 | 292 |
| 1987 | #2,398 | 43 | #482 | 336 |
| 1986 | #2,148 | 49 | #476 | 331 |
| 1985 | #1,997 | 54 | #477 | 329 |
| 1984 | #1,945 | 53 | #467 | 327 |
| 1983 | #1,715 | 63 | #427 | 366 |
| 1982 | #1,873 | 57 | #379 | 456 |
| 1981 | #1,504 | 80 | #370 | 472 |
| 1980 | #1,474 | 82 | #382 | 446 |
| 1979 | #1,517 | 77 | #376 | 455 |
| 1978 | #1,347 | 88 | #356 | 467 |
| 1977 | #1,146 | 110 | #349 | 515 |
| 1976 | #1,273 | 87 | #329 | 527 |
| 1975 | #1,083 | 108 | #332 | 524 |
| 1974 | #950 | 130 | #320 | 564 |
| 1973 | #1,015 | 115 | #288 | 629 |
| 1972 | #881 | 144 | #278 | 691 |
| 1971 | #781 | 186 | #270 | 783 |
| 1970 | #774 | 184 | #275 | 765 |
| 1969 | #728 | 192 | #266 | 776 |
| 1968 | #674 | 207 | #269 | 738 |
| 1967 | #671 | 205 | #267 | 743 |
| 1966 | #662 | 213 | #246 | 851 |
| 1965 | #635 | 238 | #248 | 891 |
| 1964 | #635 | 259 | #252 | 927 |
| 1963 | #591 | 283 | #238 | 1,013 |
| 1962 | #544 | 323 | #242 | 1,024 |
| 1961 | #533 | 339 | #243 | 1,054 |
| 1960 | #486 | 405 | #241 | 1,132 |
| 1959 | #463 | 433 | #232 | 1,177 |
| 1958 | #469 | 411 | #210 | 1,271 |
| 1957 | #409 | 512 | #207 | 1,296 |
| 1956 | #366 | 571 | #204 | 1,317 |
| 1955 | #355 | 596 | #190 | 1,403 |
| 1954 | #350 | 604 | #183 | 1,444 |
| 1953 | #308 | 720 | #180 | 1,404 |
| 1952 | #309 | 680 | #173 | 1,520 |
| 1951 | #273 | 823 | #162 | 1,627 |
| 1950 | #265 | 835 | #157 | 1,587 |
| 1949 | #250 | 919 | #150 | 1,729 |
| 1948 | #251 | 888 | #150 | 1,778 |
| 1947 | #236 | 995 | #148 | 1,801 |
| 1946 | #236 | 923 | #140 | 1,721 |
| 1945 | #209 | 935 | #133 | 1,600 |
| 1944 | #192 | 1,092 | #131 | 1,620 |
| 1943 | #196 | 1,081 | #135 | 1,655 |
| 1942 | #192 | 1,069 | #138 | 1,558 |
| 1941 | #192 | 987 | #131 | 1,515 |
| 1940 | #206 | 861 | #129 | 1,445 |
| 1939 | #208 | 837 | #120 | 1,459 |
| 1938 | #204 | 851 | #123 | 1,453 |
| 1937 | #198 | 880 | #118 | 1,477 |
| 1936 | #193 | 937 | #117 | 1,490 |
| 1935 | #193 | 904 | #118 | 1,511 |
| 1934 | #189 | 932 | #116 | 1,504 |
| 1933 | #195 | 879 | #115 | 1,461 |
| 1932 | #190 | 964 | #113 | 1,600 |
| 1931 | #187 | 967 | #110 | 1,595 |
| 1930 | #206 | 912 | #104 | 1,783 |
| 1929 | #195 | 989 | #103 | 1,765 |
| 1928 | #182 | 1,128 | #103 | 1,868 |
| 1927 | #191 | 1,066 | #105 | 1,795 |
| 1926 | #191 | 1,073 | #104 | 1,731 |
| 1925 | #189 | 1,127 | #100 | 1,744 |
| 1924 | #196 | 1,072 | #101 | 1,741 |
| 1923 | #207 | 946 | #107 | 1,653 |
| 1922 | #216 | 902 | #105 | 1,647 |
| 1921 | #211 | 909 | #108 | 1,624 |
| 1920 | #223 | 854 | #99 | 1,727 |
| 1919 | #215 | 832 | #95 | 1,716 |
| 1918 | #210 | 890 | #110 | 1,521 |
| 1917 | #236 | 695 | #110 | 1,403 |
| 1916 | #234 | 676 | #115 | 1,306 |
| 1915 | #254 | 545 | #117 | 1,168 |
| 1914 | #240 | 494 | #119 | 929 |
| 1913 | #229 | 440 | #118 | 717 |
| 1912 | #236 | 365 | #106 | 709 |
| 1911 | #246 | 256 | #90 | 455 |
| 1910 | #215 | 299 | #74 | 502 |
| 1909 | #208 | 275 | #77 | 401 |
| 1908 | #253 | 188 | #85 | 321 |
| 1907 | #221 | 226 | #86 | 307 |
| 1906 | #220 | 199 | #91 | 255 |
| 1905 | #236 | 181 | #81 | 297 |
| 1904 | #232 | 175 | #84 | 267 |
| 1903 | #260 | 141 | #87 | 237 |
| 1902 | #248 | 154 | #91 | 221 |
| 1901 | #282 | 110 | #102 | 162 |
| 1900 | #253 | 164 | #84 | 313 |
| 1899 | #304 | 94 | #113 | 151 |
| 1898 | #336 | 86 | #121 | 153 |
| 1897 | #302 | 91 | #130 | 125 |
| 1896 | #308 | 89 | #144 | 116 |
| 1895 | #276 | 103 | #134 | 120 |
| 1894 | #310 | 80 | #131 | 124 |
| 1893 | #324 | 68 | #155 | 95 |
| 1892 | #328 | 66 | #150 | 107 |
| 1891 | #332 | 58 | #163 | 79 |
| 1890 | #378 | 44 | #156 | 90 |
| 1889 | #381 | 40 | #187 | 71 |
| 1888 | #317 | 57 | #181 | 82 |
| 1887 | #378 | 32 | #200 | 59 |
| 1886 | #300 | 48 | #199 | 67 |
| 1885 | #365 | 31 | #183 | 71 |
| 1884 | #341 | 33 | #254 | 46 |
| 1883 | #397 | 22 | #225 | 48 |
| 1882 | #360 | 24 | #212 | 59 |
| 1881 | #301 | 27 | #224 | 45 |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | #350 | 24 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Johnnie was already there! It came in at #350, and was given to 24 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 25 boys a year got the name.
Where Johnnie is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#29 · 1 in 160
- Georgia#33 · 1 in 163
- Alabama#33 · 1 in 171
- South Carolina#40 · 1 in 185
- Florida#42 · 1 in 189
Best ever in a state: #16 in Mississippi, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #29 | 124 | 1 in 160 |
| Alabama | #33 | 157 | 1 in 171 |
| Georgia | #33 | 175 | 1 in 163 |
| South Carolina | #40 | 100 | 1 in 185 |
| Florida | #42 | 66 | 1 in 189 |
| North Carolina | #50 | 136 | 1 in 250 |
| Arkansas | #61 | 61 | 1 in 277 |
| Tennessee | #70 | 70 | 1 in 365 |
| Louisiana | #72 | 65 | 1 in 301 |
| Arizona | #76 | 15 | 1 in 278 |
| Texas | #80 | 151 | 1 in 369 |
| Wyoming | #84 | 5 | 1 in 332 |
| New Mexico | #92 | 15 | 1 in 343 |
| Oklahoma | #92 | 50 | 1 in 424 |
| Virginia | #113 | 36 | 1 in 606 |
| West Virginia | #122 | 26 | 1 in 691 |
| Missouri | #132 | 34 | 1 in 771 |
| Kentucky | #133 | 34 | 1 in 744 |
| Colorado | #139 | 12 | 1 in 697 |
| Kansas | #151 | 17 | 1 in 792 |
| California | #161 | 35 | 1 in 1,089 |
| Nebraska | #185 | 8 | 1 in 1,292 |
| Maryland | #190 | 5 | 1 in 2,257 |
| Washington | #221 | 5 | 1 in 2,030 |
| Illinois | #224 | 21 | 1 in 2,493 |
| Ohio | #250 | 13 | 1 in 3,661 |
| Iowa | #289 | 5 | 1 in 3,885 |
| Michigan | #316 | 8 | 1 in 4,979 |
| New York | #433 | 8 | 1 in 10,498 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Johnnie
- 29 spots since 2024 (#2,313 → #2,284)
- 338 spots since 2020 (#1,946 → #2,284)
- 770 spots since 2015 (#1,514 → #2,284)
- Biggest jump: 126 spots in 1881 (#350 → #224)
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1998 (#755 → #888)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1910 at #74 (502 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 84 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 14 yrs · run 1902–1911
- Top 1,000: 122 yrs · run 1880–2001
- Highest: 1 in 387 boys born in 1910 were named Johnnie (0.26%)
- Latest: 1 in 28,001 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.9% of all boys named Johnnie (17,295) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 572 | #181 (1888) | #222 |
| 1890s | 1,160 | #113 (1899) | #140 |
| 1900s | 2,781 | #77 (1909) | #87 |
| 1910s | 10,426 | #74 (1910) | #105 |
| 1920s | 17,295 | #99 (1920) | #104 |
| 1930s | 15,333 | #104 (1930) | #115 |
| 1940s | 16,422 | #129 (1940) | #139 |
| 1950s | 14,046 | #157 (1950) | #190 |
| 1960s | 9,149 | #238 (1963) | #251 |
| 1970s | 5,920 | #270 (1971) | #317 |
| 1980s | 3,702 | #370 (1981) | #451 |
| 1990s | 2,373 | #557 (1990) | #700 |
| 2000s | 1,448 | #939 (2000) | #1,130 |
| 2010s | 1,049 | #1,285 (2011) | #1,566 |
| 2020s | 423 | #1,815 (2021) | #2,092 |
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.
Johnnie in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 1,110 of them was named Johnnie, which outranked 96.0% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #190Jackie948
- #191Gwendolyn944
- #192Hattie938
- #193Johnnie937
- #193Nina937
- #195Lena891
- #196Deloris862
- #197Ramona859
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 696 of them was named Johnnie, which outranked 97.1% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).