Girls' name · since 1916
Johnella
Johnella has 150 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 150
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
Johnella sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 150 recorded since 1916.
Johnella has 150 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1981.
- #22,764 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 150 born since 1916
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Johnella ranks #22,764 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 150 born since 1916, peaking in the 1930s.
- #22,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 150
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
Johnella's 150 recorded births place it above 68.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Johnella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Johnella's full recorded timeline at 1945, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1960 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Johnella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1981
- Peak year (1960)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Johnella by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (34 births, 23% of the file).
1930s was Johnella's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Johnella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
16 births
- 1930s
1930s
34 births
- 1940s
1940s
32 births
- 1950s
1950s
26 births
- 1960s
1960s
22 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 34 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Johnella's decade-level peak was the 1930s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Johnella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~65 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, 1916–1981 (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 Johnella 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.