In 2025, 61 US boys were named Johnnie, making it the 2,295th most common boys’ name of the year, up 33 places from #2,328 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 61 boys named Johnnie in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #74, reached in 1910. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,868, in 1928. For comparison, it was #1,518 in 2015 and #157 in 1950.
In 2025, 42 US girls were named Johnnie, making it the 3,609th most common girls’ name of the year, up 247 places from #3,856 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 39 girls named Johnnie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #182, reached in 1928. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,128. For comparison, it was #4,537 in 2015 and #265 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Johnnie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 33 babies with the name. In all, 151,295 US babies have been given the name, 33% of them girls and 67% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 27,361 babies named Johnnie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 785 US boys were named Johnnie; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 100. In 2025 that was about 1 in 28,001 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Johnnie ranked highest in California in 2025, at #1,912 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Jonnie (9,061 babies since 1880), Johnny (321,696 babies since 1880), Johnie (26,074 babies since 1880) and Joanie (5,549 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Joannie, Jonie and Junnie are summarised on this page.