Johnye — girls' name
132 babies named Johnye in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Johnye was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Johnye in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Johnye
The Social Security Administration has registered 132 babies named Johnye between 1916 and 1950, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Johnye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Johnye performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Johnye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Johnye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Johnye 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 132 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.
Johnye at a glance
Last recorded 1950Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Johnye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1916
- Peak year (1922)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1950.
132 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 12 births in a single year.
Johnye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 66 births that decade — 50% of Johnye's all-time total
Johnye decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Johnye's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Johnye by state
Where Johnye concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 14 | 10.6% |
14 of 132 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1916–1950 (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.