Skip to content
Little Names.

US name popularity

Johnny name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Johnny ranks #458 in male records (682 reported) and #11,367 in female records (8 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#11,367 · 8 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 2 female records (10 to 8); rank moved from #9,870 to #11,367.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count stayed at 8 female records; rank moved from #11,585 to #11,367.
2025 male rank and count
#458 · 682 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 3 male records (685 to 682); rank moved from #456 to #458.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 38 male records (720 to 682); rank moved from #433 to #458.
Peak year in available data
2016: 1,038 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Johnny becoming more popular?

Johnny's reported male count decreased by 3 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #456 to #458. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Johnny in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for JohnnyFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.1,0380201620252016: 11 female records2017: 6 female records2018: 13 female records2019: 8 female records2020: 7 female records2021: 8 female records2022: 6 female records2024: 10 female records2025: 8 female records2016: 1,038 male records2017: 974 male records2018: 941 male records2019: 848 male records2020: 793 male records2021: 720 male records2022: 800 male records2023: 718 male records2024: 685 male records2025: 682 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025811,367682458
2024109,870685456
2023——718435
2022614,369800401
2021811,585720433
2020712,747793388
2019811,839848375
2018138,340941352
2017614,926974346
2016119,7171,038335

Questions about Johnny’s popularity

How common is Johnny in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Johnny ranks #458 in male records (682 reported) and #11,367 in female records (8 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Johnny?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Johnny only.

Can I compare this name with my partner?

Use Save or Maybe above to start a device shortlist. Create separate accounts and connect them to see each other’s saved names and maybes. Both saving Johnny creates a match.

Download Johnny’s annual counts and ranks (CSV) · Sources and calculation details

Names with a similar 2025 male rank

These published profiles are the closest male ranks to Johnny’s #458 in the 2025 file.

Compare other names starting with J

All J profiles · Search the full name library