How popular is “Johny” in the USA?

Number of people named “Johny” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Johny” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Johny” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Johny” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Johny” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Johny” by birth year

This chart shows how “Johny” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1888	6	0.000020035		6	-100%
1890	6	0.000019907		6	-100%
1899	5	0.000014739		5	-100%
1900	7	0.000015547		7	-100%
1902	7	0.0000181		7	-100%
1904	7	0.000017349		7	-100%
1905	12	0.000028307		12	-100%
1906	9	0.000021006		9	-100%
1907	10	0.000021487		10	-100%
1908	6	0.000012279		6	-100%
1909	14	0.000027385		14	-100%
1910	6	0.000010157		6	-100%
1911	8	0.000012417		8	-100%
1912	26	0.000026314		26	-100%
1913	23	0.000020227		23	-100%
1914	20	0.000014121		20	-100%
1915	27	0.000014735		27	-100%
1916	30	0.000015509		30	-100%
1917	33	0.000016444		33	-100%
1918	36	0.000016581		36	-100%
1919	51	0.000024168		51	-100%
1920	54	0.000023866	7	47	-74%
1921	41	0.000017563		41	-100%
1922	40	0.000017474		40	-100%
1923	52	0.000022584		52	-100%
1924	49	0.000020574		49	-100%
1925	43	0.000018429		43	-100%
1926	54	0.00002352		54	-100%
1927	62	0.000026732	5	57	-84%
1928	58	0.000025653		58	-100%
1929	78	0.000035581	8	70	-79%
1930	49	0.000022039		49	-100%
1931	51	0.000024235		51	-100%
1932	46	0.000021788		46	-100%
1933	47	0.000023506		47	-100%
1934	47	0.000022631	6	41	-74%
1935	48	0.000022968		48	-100%
1936	38	0.000018291		38	-100%
1937	39	0.000018304		39	-100%
1938	34	0.000015367		34	-100%
1939	35	0.000015884		35	-100%
1940	37	0.000016068		37	-100%
1941	35	0.000014365		35	-100%
1942	28	0.00001025		28	-100%
1943	39	0.000013817		39	-100%
1944	34	0.000012639		34	-100%
1945	36	0.00001357		36	-100%
1946	32	0.000010015		32	-100%
1947	36	0.000009994		36	-100%
1948	37	0.000010717		37	-100%
1949	37	0.000010618		37	-100%
1950	22	0.00000628		22	-100%
1951	36	0.000009773		36	-100%
1952	27	0.000007109		27	-100%
1953	23	0.000005968		23	-100%
1954	11	0.000002763		11	-100%
1955	19	0.000004732		19	-100%
1956	21	0.000005093		21	-100%
1957	27	0.000006425		27	-100%
1958	25	0.000006048		25	-100%
1959	22	0.000005291		22	-100%
1960	28	0.000006741		28	-100%
1961	15	0.000003621		15	-100%
1962	26	0.000006443		26	-100%
1963	22	0.000005558		22	-100%
1964	22	0.000005659		22	-100%
1965	22	0.000006068		22	-100%
1966	28	0.000008056		28	-100%
1967	27	0.000007953		27	-100%
1968	16	0.000004736		16	-100%
1969	24	0.000006906		24	-100%
1970	25	0.000006932		25	-100%
1971	16	0.000004662		16	-100%
1972	14	0.000004454		14	-100%
1973	19	0.000006298		19	-100%
1974	14	0.000004605		14	-100%
1975	14	0.000004637		14	-100%
1976	16	0.000005273		16	-100%
1977	17	0.000005352		17	-100%
1978	19	0.000005986		19	-100%
1979	19	0.000005711		19	-100%
1980	12	0.000003484		12	-100%
1981	26	0.000007516		26	-100%
1982	17	0.000004846		17	-100%
1983	29	0.000008373		29	-100%
1984	20	0.000005733		20	-100%
1985	19	0.000005323		19	-100%
1986	24	0.000006747		24	-100%
1987	31	0.000008598		31	-100%
1988	23	0.000006225		23	-100%
1989	31	0.000008064		31	-100%
1990	54	0.000013662		54	-100%
1991	36	0.000009242		36	-100%
1992	42	0.000010934		42	-100%
1993	34	0.000009018		34	-100%
1994	34	0.000009146		34	-100%
1995	34	0.000009284		34	-100%
1996	27	0.000007403		27	-100%
1997	30	0.000008274		30	-100%
1998	26	0.000007069		26	-100%
1999	31	0.000008392		31	-100%
2000	28	0.000007408		28	-100%
2001	51	0.000013624		51	-100%
2002	35	0.000009363		35	-100%
2003	37	0.000009731		37	-100%
2004	38	0.000009945		38	-100%
2005	40	0.000010404		40	-100%
2006	37	0.000009352		37	-100%
2007	42	0.000010506		42	-100%
2008	34	0.00000865		34	-100%
2009	31	0.000008115		31	-100%
2010	39	0.000010553		39	-100%
2011	32	0.000008748		32	-100%
2012	28	0.000007656		28	-100%
2013	34	0.000009326		34	-100%
2014	24	0.000006475		24	-100%
2015	29	0.000007836		29	-100%
2016	24	0.000006542		24	-100%
2017	25	0.000006991		25	-100%
2018	19	0.000005404		19	-100%
2019	15	0.000004322		15	-100%
2020	18	0.000005388		18	-100%
2021	12	0.000003542		12	-100%
2022	14	0.000004138		14	-100%
2023	15	0.00000453		15	-100%
2024	9	0.000002704		9	-100%

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