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
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,571since 1888
Johny over time
Rank among boys' names. Johny has never cracked the top 600 here.
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 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,041 | 18 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,813 | 15 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,918 | 19 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,105 | 25 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,199 | 24 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,684 | 29 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,138 | 24 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,189 | 34 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,714 | 28 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,364 | 32 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,958 | 39 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,476 | 31 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,286 | 34 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,811 | 42 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,979 | 37 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,701 | 40 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,741 | 38 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,674 | 37 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,685 | 35 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,050 | 51 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,075 | 28 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,722 | 31 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,017 | 26 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,613 | 30 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,747 | 27 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,299 | 34 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,307 | 34 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,257 | 34 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,914 | 42 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,052 | 36 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,547 | 54 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,206 | 31 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,509 | 23 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,974 | 31 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,290 | 24 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,598 | 19 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,437 | 20 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,864 | 29 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,038 | 26 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,465 | 19 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,375 | 19 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,751 | 14 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,674 | 14 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,124 | 19 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,366 | 16 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,743 | 25 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,680 | 24 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,476 | 27 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,450 | 28 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,669 | 22 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,700 | 22 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,695 | 22 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,546 | 26 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,148 | 15 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,523 | 28 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,709 | 22 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,557 | 25 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,722 | 21 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,791 | 19 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,592 | 23 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,461 | 27 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,218 | 36 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,572 | 22 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,163 | 37 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,173 | 37 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,213 | 36 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,236 | 32 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,135 | 34 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,088 | 39 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,316 | 28 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,108 | 35 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,067 | 37 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,085 | 35 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,109 | 34 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,016 | 39 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,028 | 38 | |
| 1935 | — | #915 | 48 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #1,007 | 41 |
| 1933 | — | #905 | 47 | |
| 1932 | — | #963 | 46 | |
| 1931 | — | #901 | 51 | |
| 1930 | — | #967 | 49 | |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #763 | 70 |
| 1928 | — | #872 | 58 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #898 | 57 |
| 1926 | — | #916 | 54 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,053 | 43 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,005 | 49 | |
| 1923 | — | #954 | 52 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,120 | 40 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,101 | 41 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #1,004 | 47 |
| 1919 | — | #938 | 51 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,152 | 36 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,206 | 30 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,265 | 27 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,342 | 20 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,049 | 23 | |
| 1912 | — | #876 | 26 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Johny
- 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)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1905 at #699 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1926–1933
- 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%)
- 14.3% of all boys named Johny (511) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #917 (1888) | #917 |
| 1890s | 11 | #884 (1890) | #968 |
| 1900s | 72 | #699 (1905) | #917 |
| 1910s | 260 | #876 (1912) | #1,171 |
| 1920s | 511 | #763 (1929) | #969 |
| 1930s | 428 | #901 (1931) | #990 |
| 1940s | 351 | #1,067 (1940) | #1,158 |
| 1950s | 233 | #1,218 (1951) | #1,658 |
| 1960s | 231 | #1,450 (1966) | #1,685 |
| 1970s | 173 | #1,743 (1970) | #2,419 |
| 1980s | 232 | #1,864 (1983) | #2,406 |
| 1990s | 348 | #1,547 (1990) | #2,348 |
| 2000s | 373 | #2,050 (2001) | #2,848 |
| 2010s | 269 | #2,958 (2010) | #4,008 |
| 2020s | 73 | #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
Top boys' names in 1909
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).