Meaning not yet researched.
Johnny: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 682 in 2025. Its best rank was #45 in 1945.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #45 in 1945; #458 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Johnny in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#458 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1945, at #45.
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Johnny: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 682 boys in 2025. Peak: #45 in 1945 · most boys in one year: 7,441 (1947).
In 2025, 682 US boys were named Johnny, making it the 458th most common boys’ name of the year, down 2 places from #456 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 685 boys named Johnny in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #45, reached in 1945. The most boys given the name in a single year was 7,441, in 1947. For comparison, it was #310 in 2015 and #50 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Johnny in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 20 babies with the name. In all, 321,696 US babies have been given the name, 1.2% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 66,415 babies named Johnny.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 8,199 US boys were named Johnny; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,038. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,505 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Johnny ranked highest in Nebraska in 2025, at #257 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include John (5,204,377 babies since 1880), Jack (759,677 babies since 1880), Joan (488,939 babies since 1880) and Jean (483,475 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Johney, Jonni and Johnney are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Johney (1,525), Jonni (1,298), Johnney (1,122), Johnnye (879), Johanny (445), Johnni (277), Jony (275), Johni (244), Joanny (206), Johany (156), Johnye (132), Johniya (96), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Johnny in the open dataset we use.
Johnny is listed as a nickname for Johannes, John, Jon.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 10 | #257 | #339 |
| New Mexico | 7 | #286 | #171 |
| Tennessee | 30 | #293 | #276 |
| California | 120 | #308 | #175 |
| Arkansas | 11 | #317 | #241 |
| Missouri | 18 | #357 | #330 |
| Texas | 102 | #365 | #252 |
| Arizona | 21 | #368 | #242 |
| North Carolina | 28 | #399 | #334 |
| Kentucky | 12 | #414 | #442 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | #443 | #300 |
| Mississippi | 7 | #447 | #237 |
| Utah | 10 | #454 | #433 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #465 | #490 |
| Louisiana | 10 | #469 | #299 |
| Alabama | 11 | #470 | #377 |
| Michigan | 18 | #471 | #469 |
| Nevada | 6 | #478 | #238 |
| Virginia | 16 | #481 | #505 |
| Florida | 38 | #482 | #329 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #523 | #504 |
| New Jersey | 14 | #531 | #466 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | #534 | #773 |
| Iowa | 6 | #536 | #396 |
| Maryland | 9 | #538 | #840 |
| Kansas | 6 | #556 | #544 |
| Washington | 12 | #587 | #270 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #591 | #717 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | #593 | #384 |
| Minnesota | 8 | #606 | #518 |
| Illinois | 15 | #617 | #391 |
| Ohio | 13 | #691 | #430 |
| Georgia | 13 | #733 | #287 |
| New York | 18 | #783 | #403 |
| Indiana | 7 | #805 | #349 |
| Colorado | 5 | #905 | #370 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,367 | 682 | #458 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,870 | 685 | #456 |
| 2023 | — | — | 718 | #435 |
| 2022 | 6 | #14,369 | 800 | #401 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,585 | 720 | #433 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,747 | 793 | #388 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,839 | 848 | #375 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,340 | 941 | #352 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,926 | 974 | #346 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,717 | 1,038 | #335 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,660 | 1,153 | #310 |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,409 | 1,186 | #300 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,834 | 1,330 | #267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #18,088 | 1,243 | #281 |
| 2011 | 5 | #18,056 | 1,252 | #282 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,163 | 1,294 | #267 |
| 2009 | 7 | #14,376 | 1,349 | #256 |
| 2008 | 6 | #16,344 | 1,477 | #246 |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,410 | 1,507 | #241 |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,455 | 1,461 | #237 |
| 2005 | 5 | #17,688 | 1,397 | #241 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,264 | 1,317 | #251 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,056 | 1,370 | #246 |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,126 | 1,439 | #235 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,332 | 1,540 | #225 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,950 | 1,464 | #235 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,417 | 1,496 | #226 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,548 | 1,486 | #216 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,229 | 1,469 | #211 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,503 | 1,612 | #193 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,803 | 1,688 | #186 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,840 | 1,949 | #165 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,222 | 1,964 | #165 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,760 | 2,097 | #153 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,391 | 2,246 | #144 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,388 | 2,481 | #130 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,316 | 2,299 | #133 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,227 | 2,268 | #129 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,284 | 2,202 | #127 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,398 | 2,205 | #125 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,658 | 2,208 | #127 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,654 | 2,271 | #120 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,609 | 2,361 | #116 |
| 1982 | 25 | #3,366 | 2,492 | #118 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,881 | 2,556 | #113 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,655 | 2,641 | #113 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,549 | 2,448 | #111 |
| 1978 | 38 | #2,367 | 2,555 | #101 |
| 1977 | 41 | #2,232 | 2,801 | #93 |
| 1976 | 35 | #2,353 | 2,874 | #92 |
| 1975 | 33 | #2,427 | 2,969 | #86 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,149 | 3,169 | #83 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,845 | 3,267 | #82 |
| 1972 | 36 | #2,151 | 3,564 | #74 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,888 | 3,939 | #74 |
| 1970 | 47 | #1,868 | 4,438 | #65 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,695 | 4,219 | #67 |
| 1968 | 36 | #2,008 | 4,050 | #69 |
| 1967 | 55 | #1,516 | 4,169 | #70 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,681 | 4,363 | #73 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,726 | 4,687 | #76 |
| 1964 | 55 | #1,542 | 5,069 | #74 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,532 | 5,420 | #71 |
| 1962 | 64 | #1,388 | 5,777 | #69 |
| 1961 | 72 | #1,309 | 5,905 | #70 |
| 1960 | 75 | #1,272 | 6,184 | #65 |
| 1959 | 77 | #1,217 | 6,311 | #64 |
| 1958 | 63 | #1,335 | 6,330 | #61 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,480 | 6,507 | #61 |
| 1956 | 63 | #1,315 | 6,636 | #55 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,364 | 6,620 | #55 |
| 1954 | 60 | #1,280 | 6,613 | #54 |
| 1953 | 67 | #1,184 | 6,717 | #52 |
| 1952 | 68 | #1,149 | 6,771 | #53 |
| 1951 | 61 | #1,196 | 6,700 | #50 |
| 1950 | 64 | #1,156 | 6,581 | #50 |
| 1949 | 75 | #1,033 | 6,968 | #49 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,418 | 6,862 | #52 |
| 1947 | 56 | #1,210 | 7,441 | #49 |
| 1946 | 52 | #1,198 | 6,611 | #47 |
| 1945 | 51 | #1,104 | 5,699 | #45 |
| 1944 | 51 | #1,095 | 5,661 | #45 |
| 1943 | 54 | #1,097 | 5,381 | #52 |
| 1942 | 53 | #1,078 | 4,588 | #55 |
| 1941 | 49 | #1,046 | 3,983 | #55 |
| 1940 | 59 | #939 | 4,006 | #51 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,281 | 3,371 | #62 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,151 | 3,197 | #63 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,211 | 2,826 | #69 |
| 1936 | 49 | #984 | 2,729 | #72 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,127 | 2,533 | #74 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,332 | 2,336 | #83 |
| 1933 | 47 | #1,013 | 2,053 | #90 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,089 | 2,011 | #96 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,084 | 1,718 | #105 |
| 1930 | 54 | #1,006 | 1,822 | #101 |
| 1929 | 46 | #1,085 | 1,532 | #113 |
| 1928 | 70 | #874 | 1,529 | #117 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,148 | 1,350 | #132 |
| 1926 | 45 | #1,141 | 1,289 | #136 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,182 | 1,167 | #142 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,176 | 1,046 | #152 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,187 | 976 | #159 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,241 | 862 | #170 |
| 1921 | 47 | #1,120 | 824 | #175 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,331 | 767 | #184 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,284 | 660 | #193 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,314 | 644 | #199 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,453 | 530 | #211 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,763 | 458 | #232 |
| 1915 | 29 | #1,328 | 417 | #237 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,511 | 331 | #234 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,565 | 263 | #231 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,498 | 217 | #239 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,594 | 147 | #204 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,469 | 167 | #173 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,868 | 117 | #190 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,269 | 107 | #194 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,571 | 97 | #199 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,835 | 84 | #212 |
| 1905 | — | — | 83 | #210 |
| 1904 | — | — | 77 | #209 |
| 1903 | — | — | 59 | #236 |
| 1902 | — | — | 70 | #214 |
| 1901 | — | — | 48 | #252 |
| 1900 | — | — | 72 | #240 |
| 1899 | — | — | 36 | #292 |
| 1898 | — | — | 39 | #298 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,661 | 31 | #335 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,707 | 38 | #302 |
| 1895 | — | — | 35 | #306 |
| 1894 | — | — | 29 | #334 |
| 1893 | — | — | 21 | #395 |
| 1892 | — | — | 33 | #324 |
| 1891 | — | — | 31 | #301 |
| 1890 | — | — | 23 | #374 |
| 1889 | — | — | 20 | #410 |
| 1888 | — | — | 21 | #409 |
| 1887 | — | — | 31 | #302 |
| 1886 | — | — | 23 | #361 |
| 1885 | — | — | 21 | #389 |
| 1884 | — | — | 15 | #498 |
| 1883 | — | — | 14 | #489 |
| 1882 | — | — | 16 | #460 |
| 1881 | — | — | 13 | #495 |
| 1880 | — | — | 20 | #387 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).