Johny

Last seen for girls in 1934 at #3,802 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1905 · 12 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,571
since 1888

Johny over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Johny has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #699, 1905boys
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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#12,0085
2024#8,3129
2023#5,92715
2022#6,14714
2021#6,69812
2020#5,04118
2019#5,81315
2018#4,91819
2017#4,10525
2016#4,19924
2015#3,68429
2014#4,13824
2013#3,18934
2012#3,71428
2011#3,36432
2010#2,95839
2009#3,47631
2008#3,28634
2007#2,81142
2006#2,97937
2005#2,70140
2004#2,74138
2003#2,67437
2002#2,68535
2001#2,05051
2000#3,07528
1999#2,72231
1998#3,01726
1997#2,61330
1996#2,74727
1995#2,29934
1994#2,30734
1993#2,25734
1992#1,91442
1991#2,05236
1990#1,54754
1989#2,20631
1988#2,50923
1987#1,97431
1986#2,29024
1985#2,59819
1984#2,43720
1983#1,86429
1982#2,70917
1981#2,03826
1980#3,43012
1979#2,46519
1978#2,37519
1977#2,55617
1976#2,60116
1975#2,75114
1974#2,67414
1973#2,12419
1972#2,53414
1971#2,36616
1970#1,74325
1969#1,68024
1968#1,96217
1967#1,47627
1966#1,45028
1965#1,66922
1964#1,70022
1963#1,69522
1962#1,54626
1961#2,14815
1960#1,52328
1959#1,70922
1958#1,55725
1957#1,51127
1956#1,72221
1955#1,79119
1954#2,44911
1953#1,59223
1952#1,46127
1951#1,21836
1950#1,57222
1949#1,16337
1948#1,17337
1947#1,21336
1946#1,23632
1945#1,07836
1944#1,13534
1943#1,08839
1942#1,31628
1941#1,10835
1940#1,06737
1939#1,08535
1938#1,10934
1937#1,01639
1936#1,02838
1935#91548
1934#3,8026#1,00741
1933#90547
1932#96346
1931#90151
1930#96749
1929#3,3948#76370
1928#87258
1927#4,8055#89857
1926#91654
1925#1,05343
1924#1,00549
1923#95452
1922#1,12040
1921#1,10141
1920#3,9577#1,00447
1919#93851
1918#1,15236
1917#1,17533
1916#1,20630
1915#1,26527
1914#1,34220
1913#1,04923
1912#87626
1911#1,2908
1910#1,4216
1909#75614
1908#1,2176
1907#86610
1906#8529
1905#69912
1904#9667
1903
1902#9337
1901
1900#1,0507
1899#1,0515
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890#8846
1889
1888#9176
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1880
First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Johny! It came in at #917, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 3,696 spots since 2024 (#8,312#12,008)
  • 6,967 spots since 2020 (#5,041#12,008)
  • 8,324 spots since 2015 (#3,684#12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 461 spots in 1909 (#1,217#756)
  • Biggest drop: 665 spots in 1910 (#756#1,421)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1905 at #699 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1908, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1926–1933
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,026
  • Highest: 1 in 11,026 boys born in 1905 were named Johny (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.3% of all boys named Johny (511) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#917 (1888)#917
1890s11#884 (1890)#968
1900s72#699 (1905)#917
1910s260#876 (1912)#1,171
1920s511#763 (1929)#969
1930s428#901 (1931)#990
1940s351#1,067 (1940)#1,158
1950s233#1,218 (1951)#1,658
1960s231#1,450 (1966)#1,685
1970s173#1,743 (1970)#2,419
1980s232#1,864 (1983)#2,406
1990s348#1,547 (1990)#2,348
2000s373#2,050 (2001)#2,848
2010s269#2,958 (2010)#4,008
2020s73#5,041 (2020)#7,356

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.

Johny in 1909

boys
#756
14 births · 1 in 11,714 boys

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #756Johny14
More about 1909

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 11,714 of them was named Johny, which outranked 55.0% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johny
  1. #714Wardell15
  2. #714Waymon15
  3. #714Zack15
  4. #756Johny14
  5. #756Alford14
  6. #756Augusta14
  7. #756Augustine14
  8. #804Addison13
  9. #804Adolphus13
  10. #804Alonza13

Tied with 47 names at #756; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. 783Toney#1,373#590
  2. 720Cicero#1,373#653
  3. 538Alfonzo#1,217#679
  4. 533Bessie#1,373#840
  5. 533Ezell#1,373#840
Fallers
  1. 874Tracy#566#1,440
  2. 808Jonah#632#1,440
  3. 808Lew#632#1,440
  4. 783Blair#657#1,440
  5. 728Perley#712#1,440

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

See the top 100 for 1909