Boys' name · since 1927
Johnn
389 babies named Johnn in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,181 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 389
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
389 boys have been named Johnn since 1927, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Johnn has 389 recorded births among boys since 1927, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 2008.
- #9,181 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 389 born since 1927
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Johnn ranks #9,181 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 389 born since 1927, peaking in the 1950s.
- #9,181 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 389
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
Johnn's 389 recorded births place it above 79.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Johnn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Johnn's SSA record in two at 1961 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1940, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1947 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Johnn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–2008
- Peak year (1947)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Johnn by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (111 births, 29% of the file).
1950s was Johnn's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Johnn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s
1940s
64 births
- 1950s
1950s
111 births
- 1960s
1960s
93 births
- 1970s 37
1970s
37 births
- 1980s 35
1980s
35 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 111 births (29% of all-time use).
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What to do with Johnn's data
- Johnn's decade-level peak was the 1950s (111 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Johnn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~81 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, 1927–2008 (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 Johnn 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.