Johnell
- Last seen for girls in 2004 at #14,179
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to boys 77.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1954 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,239since 1934
Johnell over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,102 | 18 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,322 | 18 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,676 | 16 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,573 | 16 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,480 | 22 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | — | #3,877 | 17 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,406 | 20 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,326 | 20 | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | — | #2,999 | 22 | |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #2,683 | 25 |
| 1990 | — | #2,488 | 27 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #2,989 | 20 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #2,293 | 23 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #2,408 | 20 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #1,965 | 25 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #1,948 | 25 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #2,329 | 19 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #1,928 | 22 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | — | #2,115 | 15 | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | — | #1,916 | 18 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #1,593 | 23 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | — | #2,268 | 11 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,680 | 8 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
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| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | — | |
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| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
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| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1934
The first year at least five boys were named Johnell! It came in at #3,679, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1934–1935, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Johnell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Johnell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Johnell
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 3,269 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #12,008)
- 1,364 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1954 at #1,593 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1955, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 65,673
- Highest: 1 in 65,673 boys born in 1978 were named Johnell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,593 in 1954, was only 1 in 88,641 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 15.7% of all boys named Johnell (194) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1966
- Mostly girls until 1965, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 36 | #2,452 (1936) | #2,954 |
| 1940s | 108 | #1,810 (1944) | #2,228 |
| 1950s | 158 | #1,593 (1954) | #2,100 |
| 1960s | 139 | #1,891 (1966) | #2,284 |
| 1970s | 185 | #1,928 (1973) | #2,333 |
| 1980s | 178 | #2,159 (1984) | #2,831 |
| 1990s | 194 | #2,488 (1990) | #3,575 |
| 2000s | 142 | #4,322 (2002) | #5,657 |
| 2010s | 86 | #5,945 (2011) | #8,852 |
| 2020s | 13 | #8,739 (2020) | #10,374 |
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.
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