Boys' name · since 1991
Johntay
80 babies named Johntay in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 80
- total births
- 1991–2010
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
Johntay is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 80 have been recorded since 1991.
Johntay has 80 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2010.
- 80 total births
- 1991–2010 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 51% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Johntay's 80 recorded births place it above 58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Johntay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Johntay's full recorded timeline at 2003, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Johntay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2010
- Peak year (1994)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Johntay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Johntay's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Johntay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 41 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Johntay's decade-level peak was the 2000s (41 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1991–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Johntay: Baby Name Since 1991 - 80 Births, Peak 1994." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/johntay. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Johntay 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 July 2026.