Boys' name · since 1924
Johm
82 babies named Johm in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 82
- total births
- 1924–1988
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 56%
- born in that decade
82 boys have been named Johm since 1924, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Johm recorded 82 times among boys since 1924, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 1988.
- 82 total births
- 1924–1988 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 56% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Johm's 82 recorded births place it above 59% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Johm's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Johm splits its recorded history at 1980: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1924 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Johm popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1988
- Peak year (1980)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1988.
82 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 8 births in a single year.
Johm by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Johm's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Johm births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 46 births (56% of all-time use).
Johm decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1924–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Johm: Baby Name Since 1924 - 82 Births, Peak 1980." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/johm. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Johm 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 July 2026.
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