Girls' name · since 1989
Johnesia
Johnesia has 29 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,317 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Johnesia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 29 have been recorded since 1989.
Johnesia has 29 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 1996.
- #41,317 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Johnesia ranks #41,317 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #41,317 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Johnesia's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Johnesia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Johnesia's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Johnesia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1996
- Peak year (1989)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1996.
29 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 7 births in a single year.
Johnesia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (22 births, 76% of the file).
1990s was Johnesia's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Johnesia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 22 births (76% of all-time use).
Johnesia decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Johnesia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1989–1996 (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 Johnesia 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.
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