Johnny
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #457 for boys in 2025, 682 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1945 · 5,699 births
- Debut · boys
- 20 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 46 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 317,918since 1880
Johnny over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #10,917 | 8 | #457 | 682 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #456 | 685 |
| 2023 | — | #434 | 718 | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #399 | 800 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #433 | 720 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #387 | 793 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #373 | 848 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #352 | 941 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #346 | 974 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #335 | 1,038 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #310 | 1,153 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #300 | 1,186 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #267 | 1,330 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #281 | 1,243 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #282 | 1,252 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #267 | 1,294 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #256 | 1,349 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #246 | 1,477 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #241 | 1,507 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #237 | 1,461 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #241 | 1,397 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #251 | 1,317 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #246 | 1,370 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #235 | 1,439 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #225 | 1,540 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #235 | 1,464 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #226 | 1,496 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #216 | 1,486 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #211 | 1,469 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #193 | 1,612 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #186 | 1,688 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #165 | 1,949 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #164 | 1,964 |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | #153 | 2,097 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | #144 | 2,246 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #130 | 2,481 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #133 | 2,299 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | #129 | 2,268 |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 | #127 | 2,202 |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 | #125 | 2,205 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 | #127 | 2,208 |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 | #120 | 2,271 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 | #116 | 2,361 |
| 1982 | #3,344 | 25 | #118 | 2,492 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | #113 | 2,556 |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | #113 | 2,641 |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 | #111 | 2,448 |
| 1978 | #2,350 | 38 | #101 | 2,555 |
| 1977 | #2,216 | 41 | #93 | 2,801 |
| 1976 | #2,334 | 35 | #92 | 2,874 |
| 1975 | #2,411 | 33 | #86 | 2,969 |
| 1974 | #2,133 | 38 | #83 | 3,169 |
| 1973 | #1,832 | 46 | #82 | 3,267 |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 | #74 | 3,564 |
| 1971 | #1,877 | 46 | #74 | 3,939 |
| 1970 | #1,859 | 47 | #65 | 4,438 |
| 1969 | #1,685 | 51 | #67 | 4,219 |
| 1968 | #1,999 | 36 | #69 | 4,050 |
| 1967 | #1,506 | 55 | #70 | 4,169 |
| 1966 | #1,669 | 45 | #73 | 4,363 |
| 1965 | #1,715 | 43 | #75 | 4,687 |
| 1964 | #1,532 | 55 | #74 | 5,069 |
| 1963 | #1,522 | 54 | #71 | 5,420 |
| 1962 | #1,383 | 64 | #69 | 5,777 |
| 1961 | #1,305 | 72 | #70 | 5,905 |
| 1960 | #1,266 | 75 | #65 | 6,184 |
| 1959 | #1,214 | 77 | #64 | 6,311 |
| 1958 | #1,333 | 63 | #61 | 6,330 |
| 1957 | #1,474 | 52 | #61 | 6,507 |
| 1956 | #1,312 | 63 | #55 | 6,636 |
| 1955 | #1,361 | 54 | #55 | 6,620 |
| 1954 | #1,278 | 60 | #54 | 6,613 |
| 1953 | #1,178 | 67 | #52 | 6,717 |
| 1952 | #1,147 | 68 | #53 | 6,771 |
| 1951 | #1,190 | 61 | #50 | 6,700 |
| 1950 | #1,153 | 64 | #50 | 6,581 |
| 1949 | #1,032 | 75 | #49 | 6,968 |
| 1948 | #1,409 | 43 | #52 | 6,862 |
| 1947 | #1,204 | 56 | #49 | 7,441 |
| 1946 | #1,192 | 52 | #47 | 6,611 |
| 1945 | #1,100 | 51 | #45 | 5,699 |
| 1944 | #1,090 | 51 | #45 | 5,661 |
| 1943 | #1,087 | 54 | #52 | 5,381 |
| 1942 | #1,076 | 53 | #55 | 4,588 |
| 1941 | #1,041 | 49 | #55 | 3,983 |
| 1940 | #935 | 59 | #51 | 4,006 |
| 1939 | #1,265 | 34 | #62 | 3,371 |
| 1938 | #1,140 | 40 | #63 | 3,197 |
| 1937 | #1,196 | 36 | #69 | 2,826 |
| 1936 | #979 | 49 | #72 | 2,729 |
| 1935 | #1,119 | 39 | #74 | 2,533 |
| 1934 | #1,317 | 30 | #83 | 2,336 |
| 1933 | #1,008 | 47 | #90 | 2,053 |
| 1932 | #1,082 | 43 | #96 | 2,011 |
| 1931 | #1,074 | 43 | #105 | 1,718 |
| 1930 | #1,002 | 54 | #101 | 1,822 |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 46 | #113 | 1,532 |
| 1928 | #870 | 70 | #117 | 1,529 |
| 1927 | #1,139 | 45 | #132 | 1,350 |
| 1926 | #1,133 | 45 | #136 | 1,289 |
| 1925 | #1,176 | 43 | #142 | 1,167 |
| 1924 | #1,170 | 45 | #152 | 1,046 |
| 1923 | #1,174 | 43 | #159 | 976 |
| 1922 | #1,232 | 40 | #170 | 862 |
| 1921 | #1,115 | 47 | #175 | 824 |
| 1920 | #1,312 | 35 | #184 | 767 |
| 1919 | #1,270 | 36 | #193 | 660 |
| 1918 | #1,299 | 34 | #199 | 644 |
| 1917 | #1,431 | 27 | #211 | 530 |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 | #232 | 458 |
| 1915 | #1,317 | 29 | #237 | 417 |
| 1914 | #1,480 | 19 | #234 | 331 |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 | #231 | 263 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #238 | 217 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | #204 | 147 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | #173 | 167 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #190 | 117 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #193 | 107 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | #199 | 97 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #212 | 84 |
| 1905 | — | #209 | 83 | |
| 1904 | — | #209 | 77 | |
| 1903 | — | #234 | 59 | |
| 1902 | — | #213 | 70 | |
| 1901 | — | #249 | 48 | |
| 1900 | — | #239 | 72 | |
| 1899 | — | #289 | 36 | |
| 1898 | — | #298 | 39 | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | #331 | 31 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #301 | 38 |
| 1895 | — | #305 | 35 | |
| 1894 | — | #332 | 29 | |
| 1893 | — | #391 | 21 | |
| 1892 | — | #320 | 33 | |
| 1891 | — | #297 | 31 | |
| 1890 | — | #369 | 23 | |
| 1889 | — | #405 | 20 | |
| 1888 | — | #404 | 21 | |
| 1887 | — | #299 | 31 | |
| 1886 | — | #357 | 23 | |
| 1885 | — | #388 | 21 | |
| 1884 | — | #488 | 15 | |
| 1883 | — | #479 | 14 | |
| 1882 | — | #453 | 16 | |
| 1881 | — | #487 | 13 | |
| 1880 | — | #381 | 20 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Johnny was already there! It came in at #381, and was given to 20 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 17 boys a year got the name.
Where Johnny is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#50 · 1 in 229
- South Carolina#61 · 1 in 310
- Tennessee#65 · 1 in 344
- Georgia#67 · 1 in 347
- Alabama#68 · 1 in 329
Best ever in a state: #8 in New Mexico, 1945.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #50 | 84 | 1 in 229 |
| South Carolina | #61 | 68 | 1 in 310 |
| Tennessee | #65 | 94 | 1 in 344 |
| Georgia | #67 | 116 | 1 in 347 |
| Alabama | #68 | 80 | 1 in 329 |
| North Carolina | #69 | 110 | 1 in 344 |
| Louisiana | #71 | 107 | 1 in 343 |
| Oklahoma | #73 | 70 | 1 in 336 |
| Arkansas | #77 | 44 | 1 in 347 |
| Texas | #77 | 394 | 1 in 350 |
| Kentucky | #78 | 62 | 1 in 436 |
| Florida | #81 | 135 | 1 in 466 |
| New Mexico | #89 | 28 | 1 in 398 |
| West Virginia | #110 | 18 | 1 in 718 |
| California | #115 | 354 | 1 in 567 |
| Indiana | #117 | 49 | 1 in 819 |
| Hawaii | #124 | 12 | 1 in 569 |
| Ohio | #126 | 84 | 1 in 960 |
| Illinois | #130 | 99 | 1 in 855 |
| Missouri | #130 | 40 | 1 in 915 |
| District of Columbia | #134 | 12 | 1 in 662 |
| New York | #134 | 129 | 1 in 880 |
| Arizona | #138 | 34 | 1 in 682 |
| New Jersey | #138 | 42 | 1 in 1,011 |
| Virginia | #151 | 35 | 1 in 988 |
| Washington | #151 | 29 | 1 in 1,095 |
| Maryland | #172 | 22 | 1 in 1,099 |
| Iowa | #176 | 14 | 1 in 1,559 |
| Oregon | #176 | 15 | 1 in 1,338 |
| Kansas | #182 | 13 | 1 in 1,397 |
| Nevada | #187 | 5 | 1 in 1,134 |
| Colorado | #188 | 18 | 1 in 1,324 |
| Michigan | #192 | 40 | 1 in 1,640 |
| Connecticut | #199 | 11 | 1 in 1,620 |
| Wisconsin | #216 | 14 | 1 in 2,474 |
| Massachusetts | #223 | 13 | 1 in 2,750 |
| Pennsylvania | #283 | 21 | 1 in 3,686 |
| Minnesota | #284 | 8 | 1 in 4,106 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Johnny
- 1 spot since 2024 (#456 → #457)
- 70 spots since 2020 (#387 → #457)
- 147 spots since 2015 (#310 → #457)
- Biggest jump: 100 spots in 1885 (#488 → #388)
- Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1881 (#381 → #487)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1945 at #45 (5,699 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 32 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 46 yrs · run 1932–1977
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 236 boys born in 1945 were named Johnny (0.42%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,505 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 20.7% of all boys named Johnny (65,786) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 194 | #299 (1887) | #414 |
| 1890s | 316 | #289 (1899) | #323 |
| 1900s | 814 | #190 (1909) | #215 |
| 1910s | 3,834 | #173 (1910) | #215 |
| 1920s | 11,342 | #113 (1929) | #148 |
| 1930s | 24,596 | #62 (1939) | #82 |
| 1940s | 57,200 | #45 (1945) | #50 |
| 1950s | 65,786 | #50 (1951) | #56 |
| 1960s | 49,843 | #65 (1960) | #70 |
| 1970s | 32,024 | #65 (1970) | #86 |
| 1980s | 23,503 | #113 (1980) | #122 |
| 1990s | 18,488 | #130 (1990) | #179 |
| 2000s | 14,321 | #225 (2001) | #241 |
| 2010s | 11,259 | #267 (2013) | #311 |
| 2020s | 4,398 | #387 (2020) | #428 |
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.
Johnny in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 53,808 of them was named Johnny, which outranked 76.7% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,774Valery32
- #2,774Wesley32
- #2,774Wynter32
- #2,847Johnny31
- #2,847Aleesha31
- #2,847Alica31
- #2,847Allisha31
- #2,928Alethia30
- #2,928Aria30
- #2,928Armida30
Tied with 80 names at #2,847; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 701 of them was named Johnny, which outranked 98.4% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.