Johnny

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #457 for boys in 2025, 682 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#45
1945 · 5,699 births
Debut · boys
1880
20 births
In top 100 · boys
46 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
317,918
since 1880

Johnny over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #45, 1945boys
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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#10,9178#457682
2024#9,55610#456685
2023—#434718
2022#13,5926#399800
2021#11,1468#433720
2020#12,1427#387793
2019#11,3568#373848
2018#8,14613#352941
2017#14,1246#346974
2016#9,41111#3351,038
2015#13,0067#3101,153
2014#10,9559#3001,186
2013#13,1507#2671,330
2012#16,8695#2811,243
2011#16,7645#2821,252
2010#13,4487#2671,294
2009#13,7047#2561,349
2008#15,4056#2461,477
2007#15,4916#2411,507
2006#17,1685#2371,461
2005#16,4625#2411,397
2004#9,89210#2511,317
2003#12,4087#2461,370
2002#8,83711#2351,439
2001#13,5216#2251,540
2000#13,1546#2351,464
1999#12,6886#2261,496
1998#10,1228#2161,486
1997#9,8028#2111,469
1996#13,5185#1931,612
1995#5,67716#1861,688
1994#5,71316#1651,949
1993#7,03812#1641,964
1992#4,68621#1532,097
1991#6,25314#1442,246
1990#5,28617#1302,481
1989#6,16013#1332,299
1988#4,17221#1292,268
1987#3,25728#1272,202
1986#3,36026#1252,205
1985#3,62123#1272,208
1984#3,61322#1202,271
1983#3,55522#1162,361
1982#3,34425#1182,492
1981#2,84731#1132,556
1980#3,60922#1132,641
1979#2,52536#1112,448
1978#2,35038#1012,555
1977#2,21641#932,801
1976#2,33435#922,874
1975#2,41133#862,969
1974#2,13338#833,169
1973#1,83246#823,267
1972#2,13536#743,564
1971#1,87746#743,939
1970#1,85947#654,438
1969#1,68551#674,219
1968#1,99936#694,050
1967#1,50655#704,169
1966#1,66945#734,363
1965#1,71543#754,687
1964#1,53255#745,069
1963#1,52254#715,420
1962#1,38364#695,777
1961#1,30572#705,905
1960#1,26675#656,184
1959#1,21477#646,311
1958#1,33363#616,330
1957#1,47452#616,507
1956#1,31263#556,636
1955#1,36154#556,620
1954#1,27860#546,613
1953#1,17867#526,717
1952#1,14768#536,771
1951#1,19061#506,700
1950#1,15364#506,581
1949#1,03275#496,968
1948#1,40943#526,862
1947#1,20456#497,441
1946#1,19252#476,611
1945#1,10051#455,699
1944#1,09051#455,661
1943#1,08754#525,381
1942#1,07653#554,588
1941#1,04149#553,983
1940#93559#514,006
1939#1,26534#623,371
1938#1,14040#633,197
1937#1,19636#692,826
1936#97949#722,729
1935#1,11939#742,533
1934#1,31730#832,336
1933#1,00847#902,053
1932#1,08243#962,011
1931#1,07443#1051,718
1930#1,00254#1011,822
1929#1,07846#1131,532
1928#87070#1171,529
1927#1,13945#1321,350
1926#1,13345#1361,289
1925#1,17643#1421,167
1924#1,17045#1521,046
1923#1,17443#159976
1922#1,23240#170862
1921#1,11547#175824
1920#1,31235#184767
1919#1,27036#193660
1918#1,29934#199644
1917#1,43127#211530
1916#1,73920#232458
1915#1,31729#237417
1914#1,48019#234331
1913#1,52815#231263
1912#2,3607#238217
1911#1,54510#204147
1910#1,42111#173167
1909#1,7637#190117
1908#2,1015#193107
1907#1,5128#19997
1906#1,7276#21284
1905—#20983
1904—#20977
1903—#23459
1902—#21370
1901—#24948
1900—#23972
1899—#28936
1898—#29839
1897#1,5555#33131
1896#1,5835#30138
1895—#30535
1894—#33229
1893—#39121
1892—#32033
1891—#29731
1890—#36923
1889—#40520
1888—#40421
1887—#29931
1886—#35723
1885—#38821
1884—#48815
1883—#47914
1882—#45316
1881—#48713
1880—#38120
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Johnny was already there! It came in at #381, and was given to 20 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 17 boys a year got the name.

See more about Johnny
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#456 → #457)
  • 70 spots since 2020 (#387 → #457)
  • 147 spots since 2015 (#310 → #457)
  • Biggest jump: 100 spots in 1885 (#488 → #388)
  • Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1881 (#381 → #487)
Rise & fade · boys
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1945 at #45 (5,699 births)
  • Births halved by 1977, 32 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 46 yrs · run 1932–1977
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 236
  • Highest: 1 in 236 boys born in 1945 were named Johnny (0.42%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,505 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 20.7% of all boys named Johnny (65,786) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s194#299 (1887)#414
1890s316#289 (1899)#323
1900s814#190 (1909)#215
1910s3,834#173 (1910)#215
1920s11,342#113 (1929)#148
1930s24,596#62 (1939)#82
1940s57,200#45 (1945)#50
1950s65,786#50 (1951)#56
1960s49,843#65 (1960)#70
1970s32,024#65 (1970)#86
1980s23,503#113 (1980)#122
1990s18,488#130 (1990)#179
2000s14,321#225 (2001)#241
2010s11,259#267 (2013)#311
2020s4,398#387 (2020)#428

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.

Johnny in 1973

girls
#1,832
46 births · 1 in 31,700 girls
boys
#82
3,267 births · 1 in 477 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #1,832Johnny46

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #82Johnny3,267
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 31,700 of them was named Johnny, which outranked 81.3% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johnny
  1. #1,805Suzy47
  2. #1,805Tamieka47
  3. #1,805Telisa47
  4. #1,832Johnny46
  5. #1,832Alvina46
  6. #1,832Ashleigh46
  7. #1,832Charline46
  8. #1,857Anabel45
  9. #1,857Awilda45
  10. #1,857Carl45

Tied with 24 names at #1,832; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 477 of them was named Johnny, which outranked 98.6% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johnny
  1. #79Randy3,345
  2. #80Brent3,287
  3. #81Marc3,275
  4. #82Johnny3,267
  5. #83Danny3,181
  6. #84Roger3,155
  7. #85Nicholas3,153
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →