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 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 139,570 of them was named Johny, which outranked 35.7% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,137Wilna9
- #3,137Wylma9
- #3,137Zara9
- #3,394Johny8
- #3,394Adrianne8
- #3,394Alan8
- #3,394Aldene8
- #3,682Adean7
- #3,682Adena7
- #3,682Agueda7
Tied with 287 names at #3,394; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 15,366 of them was named Johny, which outranked 83.2% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).