Johnney

Boy · recorded 1912–2004

  • 2004last recorded
  • 1944best year

Most popular in 1944.

Last recorded in 2004. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Johnney.

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 78 recorded years as a table
Johnney, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191216
191316
19158
19166
19176
191810
191913
192011
19215
192211
192318
19249
192511
192618
192718
192814
192911
193013
193117
193213
193318
19347
193517
193615
193719
193814
193916
194016
194116
194214
194315
194420
194517
19467
194719
194813
194910
195017
195112
19529
195313
195412
19557
19568
195710
195811
19597
19608
19614
19629
196312
19649
19657
19669
19675
196810
19696
19705
197115
19726
19739
19746
19756
19768
19775
19783
19794
19806
19813
19823
19836
19866
19873
19894
19904
19912
19943
20044

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Johnney isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2004
7
Rank in 2004
#8,927
How rare
1 in 283,568 boys
Since 1912
1,122

Johnney was last recorded in 2004. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1944, at 20 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Johnney doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.