Johnella — girls' name
150 babies named Johnella in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Johnella was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Johnella in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Johnella
The Social Security Administration has registered 150 babies named Johnella between 1916 and 1981, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Johnella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Johnella performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Johnella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Johnella in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 150 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Johnella at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Johnella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1916
- Peak year (1960)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
150 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 9 births in a single year.
Johnella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 34 births that decade — 23% of Johnella's all-time total
Johnella decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Johnella's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.