Johney — boys' name

What the Data Says About Johney

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,519 babies named Johney between 1888 and 2006, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Johney currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Johney performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 295 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Johney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Johney in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Johney 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 1,519 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.