Johnie
Johnie is given to both girls and boys: 5 girls and 10 boys were given it in 2025 (#15,971 among girls’ names and #7,923 among boys’, #12,582 among all names counting both); 26,074 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,700 Americans named Johnie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (18% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 52 and 81.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Johnie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Johnie?
#7,923 among boys’ names, 2025
Johnie fell from #7,749 in 2015 to #7,923 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 5.2 to 5.9 per million.
854 babies in 1920, the peak
Johnie peaked in 1920, when 854 babies were given it (706 boys, #192 among boys’ names). The 15 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 2% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #15,971 | 10 | #7,923 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,579 | under 5 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 6 | #11,477 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 12 | #7,009 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 10 | #7,838 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 10 | #7,776 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 10 | #7,864 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 8 | #9,244 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 8 | #9,246 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 10 | #7,749 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #17,744 | 14 | #6,132 |
| 2013 | under 5 | 13 | #6,422 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 9 | #8,478 | |
| 2011 | 5 | #18,047 | 10 | #7,765 |
| 2010 | under 5 | 16 | #5,595 | |
| 2009 | 6 | #16,120 | 6 | #11,653 |
| 2008 | under 5 | 16 | #5,615 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 13 | #6,429 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 14 | #5,928 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 15 | #5,420 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 14 | #5,625 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 10 | #6,959 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 13 | #5,546 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 13 | #5,507 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 13 | #5,421 | |
| 1999 | 5 | #15,491 | 18 | #4,072 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,157 | 22 | #3,437 |
| 1997 | under 5 | 15 | #4,345 | |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,518 | 26 | #2,863 |
| 1995 | under 5 | 20 | #3,364 | |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,399 | 17 | #3,814 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,986 | 28 | #2,608 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,426 | 19 | #3,394 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,148 | 39 | #1,961 |
| 1990 | under 5 | 29 | #2,400 | |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,110 | 38 | #1,932 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,359 | 31 | #2,060 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,205 | 25 | #2,298 |
| 1986 | under 5 | 39 | #1,655 | |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,832 | 30 | #1,944 |
| 1984 | under 5 | 35 | #1,669 | |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,962 | 28 | #1,926 |
| 1982 | under 5 | 34 | #1,715 | |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,592 | 36 | #1,647 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,576 | 36 | #1,641 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,403 | 42 | #1,448 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,419 | 33 | #1,674 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,911 | 35 | #1,589 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,568 | 52 | #1,200 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,706 | 36 | #1,488 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,838 | 56 | #1,103 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,962 | 51 | #1,156 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,177 | 46 | #1,221 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,775 | 74 | #949 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,541 | 78 | #907 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,221 | 66 | #947 |
| 1968 | under 5 | 58 | #961 | |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,695 | 62 | #921 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,644 | 63 | #922 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,106 | 77 | #841 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,211 | 77 | #872 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,166 | 91 | #797 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,684 | 90 | #799 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,684 | 87 | #818 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,792 | 89 | #811 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,329 | 104 | #748 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,449 | 105 | #728 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,866 | 89 | #797 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,766 | 94 | #758 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,186 | 118 | #673 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,079 | 114 | #675 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,554 | 134 | #621 |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,094 | 116 | #644 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,153 | 134 | #603 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,742 | 150 | #550 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,678 | 149 | #546 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,754 | 167 | #509 |
| 1947 | 36 | #1,590 | 177 | #506 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,789 | 188 | #466 |
| 1945 | 48 | #1,133 | 158 | #476 |
| 1944 | 52 | #1,081 | 222 | #402 |
| 1943 | 60 | #1,030 | 219 | #420 |
| 1942 | 56 | #1,053 | 223 | #411 |
| 1941 | 47 | #1,077 | 233 | #379 |
| 1940 | 46 | #1,067 | 231 | #376 |
| 1939 | 51 | #992 | 240 | #365 |
| 1938 | 64 | #879 | 245 | #354 |
| 1937 | 74 | #800 | 304 | #305 |
| 1936 | 80 | #752 | 302 | #307 |
| 1935 | 96 | #682 | 341 | #295 |
| 1934 | 86 | #718 | 359 | #285 |
| 1933 | 70 | #794 | 339 | #288 |
| 1932 | 104 | #659 | 415 | #270 |
| 1931 | 95 | #687 | 439 | #260 |
| 1930 | 105 | #672 | 466 | #259 |
| 1929 | 122 | #623 | 486 | #253 |
| 1928 | 147 | #582 | 543 | #239 |
| 1927 | 167 | #547 | 610 | #220 |
| 1926 | 183 | #514 | 578 | #232 |
| 1925 | 177 | #537 | 565 | #232 |
| 1924 | 186 | #528 | 579 | #236 |
| 1923 | 176 | #540 | 600 | #215 |
| 1922 | 184 | #515 | 608 | #218 |
| 1921 | 169 | #546 | 626 | #211 |
| 1920 | 148 | #592 | 706 | #192 |
| 1919 | 181 | #502 | 645 | #196 |
| 1918 | 196 | #486 | 633 | #204 |
| 1917 | 138 | #576 | 552 | #204 |
| 1916 | 132 | #584 | 493 | #218 |
| 1915 | 126 | #579 | 456 | #224 |
| 1914 | 100 | #563 | 405 | #205 |
| 1913 | 85 | #556 | 326 | #203 |
| 1912 | 80 | #549 | 311 | #186 |
| 1911 | 67 | #508 | 184 | #172 |
| 1910 | 67 | #497 | 199 | #157 |
| 1909 | 60 | #484 | 147 | #169 |
| 1908 | 30 | #718 | 172 | #141 |
| 1907 | 55 | #483 | 133 | #164 |
| 1906 | 32 | #638 | 141 | #145 |
| 1905 | 36 | #582 | 148 | #143 |
| 1904 | 31 | #620 | 107 | #171 |
| 1903 | 27 | #646 | 99 | #169 |
| 1902 | 34 | #564 | 113 | #155 |
| 1901 | 23 | #672 | 86 | #174 |
| 1900 | 35 | #596 | 130 | #161 |
| 1899 | 28 | #585 | 84 | #172 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,143 | 77 | #196 |
| 1897 | 19 | #729 | 71 | #200 |
| 1896 | 13 | #924 | 75 | #204 |
| 1895 | 29 | #552 | 58 | #231 |
| 1894 | 18 | #709 | 60 | #221 |
| 1893 | 14 | #810 | 42 | #270 |
| 1892 | 16 | #745 | 59 | #230 |
| 1891 | 12 | #819 | 38 | #262 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,052 | 40 | #272 |
| 1889 | 9 | #927 | 38 | #271 |
| 1888 | 10 | #866 | 43 | #274 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,085 | 28 | #314 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,189 | 30 | #314 |
| 1885 | 14 | #592 | 33 | #292 |
| 1884 | 11 | #663 | 28 | #332 |
| 1883 | under 5 | 15 | #471 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 22 | #382 | |
| 1881 | 5 | #882 | 14 | #472 |
| 1880 | under 5 | 18 | #414 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Johnie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 26,074 Americans recorded as Johnie, 20% are girls and 80% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Johnie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Johnie, and how old are they?
4,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 18% of the 26,074 Americans ever recorded as Johnie. The median Johnie alive today is 69 years old; half are between 52 and 81.
The 2020 Census counted 4,381 people named Johnie (878 women and girls, 3,503 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,262 born in the U.S. The Census count is 30% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,210 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,710 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 862 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 520 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 235 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 128 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Johnie born?
The states with the most babies named Johnie are Mississippi, Texas and Alabama, with 38% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 2,748 | not ranked | 5.8× |
| Texas | 2,710 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Alabama | 1,990 | not ranked | 3.2× |
| Georgia | 1,757 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Arkansas | 1,564 | not ranked | 3.9× |
| North Carolina | 1,560 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| South Carolina | 1,256 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Tennessee | 1,217 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Kentucky | 964 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Oklahoma | 921 | not ranked | 1.9× |
Where Johnie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Johnie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 5.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Johnie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Johnie?
Johnie is a less common spelling of Johnny: SSA has recorded 26,074 Johnie and 321,696 Johnny since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 505,556 babies since 1880, Johnie is the third most given (5.2% of them). In 2025 it was given to 15 of their 813 babies (1.8%), again the third most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Johnie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Johnie and names like it
- Compare Johnie and JohnnyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sJohnie peaked in 1920.
- Mississippi’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Johnie since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Johnie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Johnie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.