Johnney
Johnney is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 194734 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1912
- 1,122people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,122 boys have been named Johnney in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 34 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 34 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1940s alone account for 19%.
By decade
In 1947, its biggest year
Johnney was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1947 were James, Robert, John, William and Richard. See all of 1947.
Names that rose and fell with Johnney
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lennispeak 1948
- Glynnpeak 1950
- Lindellpeak 1949
- Waymondpeak 1953
- Levernpeak 1955
- Wendelpeak 1940
- Alfonzapeak 1957
- Theodispeak 1955
Other spellings in the data
- Johnny320,983 ever
- Johnnie151,182 ever
- Johnie26,059 ever
- Johny3,565 ever
- Jonny3,498 ever
- Jhonny1,830 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.