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Johnny

Boys' name · Mid-century

Living in the US
~223,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#457 among boys
Births in 2025
690 321,696 since 1880
Typical age
59 years, median

Johnny popularity over time

Johnny rank by birth year, 1880–2025Johnny ranked #381 in 1880 and #457 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #45, in 1944.#100#457best #45 in 194418901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1947: 7,497 births recorded as Johnny. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. It has held a top-100 place in 46 separate years.

The 2025 position is #457, on 690 births. The ten-year change is -41%.

Babies named Johnny per yearPeaks at 7,497 births in 1947.7,497 in 1947018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Johnny?

About 223,200 people named Johnny are alive in the United States today. That is out of 321,696 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Johnny?

The typical living Johnny is 59 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1950s. By the site’s era rules that makes Johnny a mid-century name.

Your Johnny

Ages of living people named JohnnyHalf of living Johnnys are older than 59 and half younger.median 59020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Johnny is most common

The name is concentrated in New Mexico, at 3.3× the national rate. California, Mississippi and Arizona follow.

Where Johnny is used more than average5 states use the name Johnny more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.7× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.9× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: 1.8× the national rateAZNew Mexico: 3.3× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: 1.9× the national rateMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Johnny is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Mexico 100 3.3×
California 1,718 1.9×
Mississippi 100 1.9×
Arizona 265 1.8×
Nevada 91 1.7×

Johnny in England and Wales

ONS recorded 89 births named Johnny in 2025, ranking it #438.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Johnny comes from

From John + y. In the sense of an Englishman, compare John Bull.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Johnny

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Johnny Cash American country singer 1932–2003 117
Johnny Weissmuller American swimmer, water polo player, and actor 1904–1984 69
Johnny Carson American talk show host and comedian 1925–2005 56
Johnny Leoni Swiss association football player 1984 47
Johnny Lever Indian actor 1957 38
Johnny Herbert British racing driver 1964 36
Johnny Briceño Prime Minister of Belize since 2020 1960 36
Johnny Haynes English footballer 1934–2005 35
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Johnny

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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