Jonny — #3784 US boys' name
3,367 babies named Jonny in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 73% of names given to boys today.
17% of everyone ever named Jonny was born in this single decade.
79 babies were named Jonny in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jonny
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,367 babies named Jonny between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jonny currently holds the #3784 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 79 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonny performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 580 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Jonny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 469 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jonny in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jonny 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 3,367 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.
Jonny at a glance
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Current rank
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Jonny popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1912
- Peak year (2008)
- 79
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
Currently ranks #3784 among boys.
3,367 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 79 births in a single year.
Jonny popularity over time — girls
131 total births recorded since 1917 (Jonny as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jonny accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jonny by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 580 births that decade — 17% of Jonny's all-time total
Jonny decade highlights
- Peak decade 580 births
- Runner-up 484 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jonny's strongest decade
580 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Jonny by state
Where Jonny concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 469 | 13.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 151 | 4.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 98 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 22 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 12 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 10 | 0.3% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.2% |
469 of 3,367 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.9% of nationwide
- Texas 4.5% of nationwide
- New York 2.9% of nationwide
- Florida 0.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jonny appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1912–2024 (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.