first name
JOHNNY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 183,104 people named Johnny, 46.6% reported their origin as White, 22.3% as Black and 20.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Johnny peaked in 1947, when 7,497 babies got the name.
At least 321,696 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.
Johnny by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #98. The largest share of babies named Johnny, 38.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Johnny is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Johnny has been most common in Mississippi (3.3×), Alabama (2.9×), and New Mexico (2.9×), and least common in Maine (0.04×).
315,330 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 Johnny
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Johnny, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Johnny ranks #26,988 of 156,621, with 949 people. See Johnny as a last name
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