Johnny

Where Johnny comes from

From John + -y. In the sense of an Englishman, compare John Bull.
— Wiktionary's entry for Johnny
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Johnny through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #381 among boys, with 20 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1904
    Johnny Weissmuller born
    American swimmer, water polo player, and actor
  3. 1932
    Johnny Cash born
    American country singer
  4. 1945
    Peak, #45
    5,699 babies named Johnny, its best rank.
  5. 1977
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #93.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name John.
Namesakes
  • Johnny Cash · American country singer, 1932–2003
  • Johnny Weissmuller · American swimmer, water polo player, and actor, 1904–1984
  • Johnny Carson · American talk show host and comedian, 1925–2005
  • Johnny Logan · Irish singer and songwriter, born 1954
  • Johnny Leoni · Swiss association football player, born 1984

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.