Unisex name · since 1978
Johanny
403 babies named Johanny in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,449 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,618 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 403
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Johanny is the #7618 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 403 recorded since 1978.
Johanny has 403 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7618 as of the latest data, more common than 56% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #13,449 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,618 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 403 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Johanny ranks #13,449 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,618 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 403 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,449 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,618 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 403
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Johanny's 403 recorded births place it above 81.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Johanny compares
403 Top 49% higher than 51% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Johanny's all-time total is 7% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Johanny | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 403 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Johanny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Johanny splits its recorded history at 2005: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Johanny popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Johanny popularity over time - boys
42 total births recorded since 1997 (Johanny as boys' name)
Johanny by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (118 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Johanny's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Johanny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 44
1980s
44 births
- 1990s
1990s
64 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s
2010s
118 births
- 2020s
2020s
84 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 118 births (29% of all-time use).
Johanny by state
Where Johanny concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
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What to do with Johanny's data
- Johanny's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (118 total births) through the 2020s (84) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Johannys (45 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Johanny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Johanny draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.