Girls' name · since 1955
Johnese
Since 1955, U.S. Social Security records show 41 babies named Johnese, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 41
- total births
- 1955–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
41 girls have been named Johnese since 1955, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Johnese has 41 recorded births among girls since 1955, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1955 to 1992.
- 41 total births
- 1955–1992 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 37% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Johnese's 41 recorded births place it above 48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Johnese's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Johnese's full recorded timeline at 1983, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1955, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Johnese popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1992
- Peak year (1992)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Johnese by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Johnese's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Johnese births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 15 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Johnese's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 1990s (6) -- 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, 1955–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Johnese: Baby Name Since 1955 - 41 Births, Peak 1992." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/johnese. 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 Johnese 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.