Recorded 1972–2012 Boys' name Peak 1994 224 births

Johnta — boys' name

224 babies named Johnta in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s111980s661990s1072000s282010s12
1990s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Johnta was born in this single decade.

1994
Single peak year

28 babies were named Johnta in 1994 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Johnta

The Social Security Administration has registered 224 babies named Johnta between 1972 and 2012, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Johnta currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Johnta performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Johnta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Johnta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Johnta 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 224 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.

Johnta at a glance

Last recorded 2012

Total births

224

Since 1972

41 years of records

Peak year

1994

28 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2012

Active since

1972

Recorded for 41 years

Last year on file: 2012

Johnta popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1972

Last recorded 2012
Peak year (1994)
28
Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
0102030 201220081999199519921988198419801972 5

Johnta popularity over time — girls

5 total births recorded since 1987 (Johnta as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 5 births
5 1987 5

Johnta by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
107 births that decade — 48% of Johnta's all-time total
1970s111980s661990s1072000s282010s12

Johnta by state

Where Johnta concentrates geographically — total births since 1972

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Johnta
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
5 2.2%
Georgia share of Johnta's total US births 2.2%

5 of 224 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Johnta?
224 babies have been named Johnta since 1972. It was last recorded in 2012. The peak year was 1994 with 28 births.
When was Johnta most popular?
Johnta was most popular in the 1990s decade with 107 total births. The single peak year was 1994.
Where is Johnta most popular?
The top states for the name Johnta are Georgia (5 births).
How long has the name Johnta been used?
Johnta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1972, spanning 41 years of data through 2012.
What names are similar to Johnta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include John, Johnny, Johnnie, Johnathan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.