Mostly boys · peaked in 1910
Johnnie name popularity since 1925
114,874 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Johnnie (31.4% girls, 68.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1947 or earlier, so the typical Johnnie is about 79 years old in 2026. Johnnie peaked in 1910 as the #74 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 114,874
- Named Johnnie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1910
- #74 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,295 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 68.6% boys
- 36,106 girls · 78,768 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 7.80× its national share
Peak year is the year Johnnie made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Johnnie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1928. Measured as a share of all babies, Johnnie peaked earlier, in 1910.
- Steepest fall: Between 1995 and 2000, Johnnie's share of baby boys fell by 40%, from 1 in 7,320 to 1 in 12,100.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Johnnie's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Johnnie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Johnnie in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 5,383 | 8,903 | – |
| 1930s | 9,063 | 15,333 | #118 |
| 1940s | 9,750 | 16,422 | #133 |
| 1950s | 6,185 | 14,046 | #190 |
| 1960s | 2,664 | 9,149 | #248 |
| 1970s | 1,229 | 5,920 | #332 |
| 1980s | 581 | 3,702 | #477 |
| 1990s | 491 | 2,373 | #644 |
| 2000s | 230 | 1,448 | #1,098 |
| 2010s | 300 | 1,049 | #1,518 |
| 2020–25 | 230 | 423 | #2,295 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
39.7% of babies named Johnnie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Johnnie is most popular
The index compares Johnnie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Johnnie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 7.80× | 10,347 |
| Alabama | 5.06× | 9,811 |
| South Carolina | 4.03× | 6,184 |
| Arkansas | 3.76× | 4,233 |
| Georgia | 3.46× | 10,475 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Johnnie and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Johnnie (this page) | 78,768 | 1910 |
| Johnny | 308,285 | 1945 |
| Johnie | 11,458 | 1905 |
| Johny | 2,993 | 1905 |
| Johney | 1,103 | 1910 |
| Johnney | 1,007 | 1944 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Johnnie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Johnnie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Johnnie (1910).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data