Johnell
Johnell is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 199027 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1934
- 1,589people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,234 boys have been named Johnell in the United States since 1934, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 27 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 27 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1990s alone account for 16%.
Johnell is used for both sexes: 22% of its bearers are girls (355), most of them born around 1971.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Johnell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 36 | |
| 1940s | 108 | |
| 1950s | 158 | |
| 1960s | 139 | |
| 1970s | 185 | |
| 1980s | 178 | |
| 1990s | 194 | |
| 2000s | 142 | |
| 2010s | 86 | |
| 2020s | 8 |
In 1990, its biggest year
Johnell was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1990 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Johnell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Terrancepeak 1988
- Arnoldopeak 1992
- Rojeliopeak 1981
- Freddrickpeak 1989
- Reynaldopeak 1991
- Pieterpeak 1967
- Joelpeak 1985
- Homeropeak 1994
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.