Johnny — #458 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Johnny

The Social Security Administration has registered 317,213 babies named Johnny between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Johnny currently holds the #458 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 7,442 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Johnny performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 65,786 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Johnny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 44,573 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Johnny in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Johnny 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 317,213 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.