How rare is the name Johnnie?

47,521 people in the United States have the first name Johnnie, about 1 in 6,356. It ranks #939 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOHNNIE

#939

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
47,521
About
1 in 6,356
This common or more
69.1%
Who bears it

Of the 47,521 people named Johnnie, 47.6% reported their origin as Black, 42.6% as White and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 66.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Johnnie peaked in 1928, when 2,996 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1928
Births that year
2,996
In 2025*
103 ▼97%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 151,295 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Johnnie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #173. The largest share of babies named Johnnie, 30.1%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#357895
1890s#2891,939
1900s#1904,594
1910s#19015,918
1920s#17327,361
1930s#18824,396
1940s#21926,172
1950s#32620,231
1960s#47511,813
1970s#6097,149
1980s#8994,283
1990s#1,3492,864
2000s#2,3141,678
2010s#2,9021,349
2020s#3,359653
Before 19012.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2727.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4530.1%
Baby boom 1946–6424.9%
Generation X 1965–808.4%
Millennials 1981–963.9%
Generation Z 1997–121.8%
2013 and later1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Johnnie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Johnnie has been most common in Mississippi (7.5×), Alabama (5.3×), and South Carolina (4×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.01×).

136,499 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Johnnie

#937 Mila · 47,530#938 Dianna · 47,528#940 Arnold · 47,513#941 Tessa · 47,455

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Johnnie, most common first.

#304 Johnny · 183,104#307 Joanne · 181,755#2,741 Johnna · 8,555#3,727 Joanie · 5,429#4,321 Johnie · 4,381#4,355 Jonnie · 4,322#6,833 Johanne · 2,301#8,506 Joannie · 1,703

Also a last name

As a last name, Johnnie ranks #73,993 of 156,621, with 282 people. See Johnnie as a last name

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