Johnie

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 80.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1908 · 172 births
Debut · boys
18 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
20,930
since 1880

Johnie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #481, 1907peak #141, 1908girlsboys
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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#14,9425#7,67910
2024#11,1228—
2023—#10,8216
2022—#6,82812
2021—#7,58710
2020—#7,50210
2019——
2018—#7,61710
2017—#8,8408
2016—#8,8168
2015—#7,49110
2014#16,5135#5,99714
2013—#6,24113
2012—#8,1589
2011#16,7645#7,50210
2010—#5,47816
2009#15,2426#10,9946
2008—#5,48716
2007—#6,26213
2006—#5,78114
2005—#5,27815
2004—#5,49214
2003—#6,71510
2002—#5,39513
2001—#5,39013
2000—#5,29713
1999#14,4115#3,98618
1998#12,4266#3,39022
1997—#4,24615
1996#11,8076#2,83826
1995—#3,30320
1994#13,4305#3,75117
1993#9,5598#2,57728
1992#11,7386#3,33819
1991#11,5096#1,95239
1990—#2,37329
1989#8,7618#1,91938
1988#7,11110#2,03531
1987#8,7787#2,27225
1986—#1,64539
1985#9,3076#1,91630
1984—#1,65635
1983#10,2755#1,90528
1982—#1,70034
1981#9,1106#1,62936
1980#9,0956#1,61936
1979#8,0617#1,43542
1978#9,7505#1,65233
1977#8,4446#1,57135
1976#8,1566#1,19052
1975#5,51610#1,47836
1974#4,72012#1,09956
1973#6,6667#1,14751
1972#4,09114#1,21046
1971#7,3886#94774
1970#7,9955#90578
1969#5,9747#94466
1968—#95858
1967#5,4577#91562
1966#4,4939#91663
1965#5,8176#83777
1964#6,7675#86777
1963#5,8916#79591
1962#4,5339#79990
1961#3,60813#81787
1960#3,68812#80889
1959#3,25414#749104
1958#3,37913#728105
1957#2,82317#79589
1956#2,72518#75694
1955#2,15625#672118
1954#3,01914#675114
1953#2,51618#621134
1952#2,07424#645116
1951#2,11622#601134
1950#1,72030#551150
1949#1,66632#547149
1948#1,73929#508167
1947#1,57636#504177
1946#1,77126#465188
1945#1,13148#474158
1944#1,07952#401222
1943#1,02760#419219
1942#1,04656#410223
1941#1,06547#379233
1940#1,06246#375231
1939#98751#365240
1938#87564#354245
1937#79674#305304
1936#74880#307302
1935#67996#295341
1934#71786#285359
1933#79070#288339
1932#656104#270415
1931#68495#260439
1930#669105#259466
1929#621122#253486
1928#581147#239543
1927#547167#219610
1926#514183#231578
1925#536177#232565
1924#526186#235579
1923#539176#215600
1922#515184#218608
1921#546169#211626
1920#590148#190706
1919#502181#195645
1918#483196#204633
1917#572138#204552
1916#584132#218493
1915#576126#224456
1914#562100#205405
1913#55685#203326
1912#54780#186311
1911#50767#172184
1910#49567#157199
1909#48360#166147
1908#70930#141172
1907#48155#164133
1906#63332#145141
1905#57936#142148
1904#61231#170107
1903#64027#16999
1902#55934#155113
1901#65923#17486
1900#58935#161130
1899#57828#17284
1898#1,09810#19677
1897#71519#20071
1896#90313#20475
1895#54729#23058
1894#69718#21860
1893#79414#26942
1892#72616#22859
1891#79612#26038
1890#1,0068#27240
1889#9029#27138
1888#83710#27343
1887#1,0366#31128
1886#1,1085#31130
1885#57614#29033
1884#64011#33128
1883—#46015
1882—#37722
1881#8305#46014
1880—#40318
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Johnie was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2019, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Johnie is popular in 1889

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Johnie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 177 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #7,679)
  • 188 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #7,679)
  • Biggest jump: 129 spots in 1884 (#460 → #331)
  • Biggest drop: 263 spots in 1972 (#947 → #1,210)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1908 at #141 (172 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 56 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 92 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1880–1971
Share of babies · boys
1 in 894
  • Highest: 1 in 894 boys born in 1905 were named Johnie (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #141 in 1908, was only 1 in 897 (0.11%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 28.2% of all boys named Johnie (5,901) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s269#271 (1889)#349
1890s604#172 (1899)#225
1900s1,276#141 (1908)#159
1910s4,204#157 (1910)#197
1920s5,901#190 (1920)#224
1930s3,450#259 (1930)#299
1940s1,967#375 (1940)#448
1950s1,158#551 (1950)#679
1960s760#795 (1963)#866
1970s503#905 (1970)#1,263
1980s332#1,619 (1980)#1,830
1990s233#1,952 (1991)#3,175
2000s127#5,278 (2005)#6,209
2010s98#5,478 (2010)#7,349
2020s48#6,828 (2022)#8,083

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.

Johnie in 1889

girls
#902
9 births · 1 in 19,818 girls
boys
#271
38 births · 1 in 2,910 boys

Top girls' names in 1889

  1. #1Mary11,648
  2. #2Anna5,062
  3. #3Elizabeth3,058
  4. #4Margaret2,917
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Minnie2,624
  7. #7Florence2,465
  8. #8Ethel2,463
  9. #9Bessie2,343
  10. #10Clara2,319
  11. #902Johnie9

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #271Johnie38
More about 1889

girls

178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 19,818 of them was named Johnie, which outranked 39.0% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johnie
  1. #839Verne10
  2. #839Vernon10
  3. #839Zillah10
  4. #902Johnie9
  5. #902Adelina9
  6. #902Albertina9
  7. #902Alverda9
  8. #950Abby8
  9. #950Aggie8
  10. #950Alphonsine8

Tied with 47 names at #902; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. ↑ 635Hellen#1,276 → #641
  2. ↑ 569Diana#1,136 → #567
  3. ↑ 536Hope#1,136 → #600
  4. ↑ 519Adelle#1,276 → #757
  5. ↑ 519Ova#1,276 → #757
Fallers
  1. ↓ 667Zilpha#612 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 643Lular#636 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 616Dagmar#663 → #1,279
  4. ↓ 589Savanah#690 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 555Harry#724 → #1,279

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

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 2,910 of them was named Johnie, which outranked 75.6% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johnie
  1. #266Grant39
  2. #266Jefferson39
  3. #266Preston39
  4. #271Johnie38
  5. #271Marcus38
  6. #271Neal38
  7. #274Asa37
  8. #274Byron37
  9. #274Conrad37

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. ↑ 506Connie#1,031 → #525
  2. ↑ 483Hamilton#917 → #434
  3. ↑ 482Ballard#1,031 → #549
  4. ↑ 453Bertie#917 → #464
  5. ↑ 450Essie#1,031 → #581
Fallers
  1. ↓ 510Wendell#464 → #974
  2. ↓ 469Melton#505 → #974
  3. ↓ 462Enos#416 → #878
  4. ↓ 394Ruby#580 → #974
  5. ↓ 394Webb#580 → #974

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

See the top 100 for 1889 →