Boys' name · since 1923
Johnas
Since 1923, U.S. Social Security records show 32 babies named Johnas, peaking in 1975. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 32
- total births
- 1923–2009
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
32 boys have been named Johnas since 1923, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Johnas has 32 recorded births among boys since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 2009.
- 32 total births
- 1923–2009 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 31% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Johnas's 32 recorded births place it above 44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Johnas's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Johnas splits its recorded history at 1982: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Johnas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2009
- Peak year (1975)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 87 years of records
Johnas by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Johnas's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Johnas births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Johnas's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1923–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Johnas: Baby Name Since 1923 - 32 Births, Peak 1975." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/johnas. 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 Johnas 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.