Johnetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Johnetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,201 babies named Johnetta between 1892 and 2009, spanning 118 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Johnetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 69 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Johnetta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 581 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Johnetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 132 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Johnetta in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Johnetta 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 3,201 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.