Johney
Johney is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 959th, in 1910.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 191945 births
- Best rank
- #959in 1910
- Since 1888
- 1,519people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,519 boys have been named Johney in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1919, with 45 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 45 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1920s alone account for 19%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Johney | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 34 | |
| 1910s | 228 | |
| 1920s | 295 | |
| 1930s | 254 | |
| 1940s | 218 | |
| 1950s | 172 | |
| 1960s | 126 | |
| 1970s | 82 | |
| 1980s | 58 | |
| 1990s | 31 | |
| 2000s | 16 |
In 1919, its biggest year
Johney was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1919 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1919.
Names that rose and fell with Johney
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Odellpeak 1922
- Malvinpeak 1921
- Kermitpeak 1919
- Rudolfpeak 1927
- Foypeak 1921
- Murrellpeak 1923
- Pasqualepeak 1917
- Leamonpeak 1921
Other spellings in the data
- Johnny320,983 ever
- Johnnie151,182 ever
- Johnie26,059 ever
- Johny3,565 ever
- Jonny3,498 ever
- Jhonny1,830 ever
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.