How rare is the name Jonny?

5,640 people in the United States have the first name Jonny, about 1 in 53,552. It ranks #3,623 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JONNY

#3,623

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,640
About
1 in 53,552
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,640 people named Jonny, 41.3% reported their origin as White, 39.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.9% as Black. 95.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jonny peaked in 2008, when 79 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
79
In 2025*
34 ▼57%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,532 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Jonny by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #2,485. The largest share of babies named Jonny, 24.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#8,35719
1920s#6,25575
1930s#3,638155
1940s#2,485353
1950s#2,915351
1960s#2,815432
1970s#4,763239
1980s#5,527248
1990s#5,108384
2000s#4,854580
2010s#5,787484
2020s#7,111212
Greatest Generation 1901–272.2%
Silent Generation 1928–459.8%
Baby boom 1946–6421.5%
Generation X 1965–8013.2%
Millennials 1981–9614.2%
Generation Z 1997–1224.5%
2013 and later14.6%

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.

Exactly as common as Jonny

1 other first name also has 5,640 people.

#3,623 Leigha · 5,640

Either side of Jonny

#3,621 Jalyn · 5,644#3,622 Sharla · 5,641#3,623 Leigha · 5,640#3,625 Deonte · 5,636

Spelled almost the same

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

#304 Johnny · 183,104#3,755 Jonna · 5,311#5,038 Johny · 3,501#10,800 Jonn · 1,216#11,192 Jonni · 1,160#12,611 Jony · 982#19,578 Joanny · 538#26,868 Joany · 344

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