Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Johnny

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Johnny
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 90.9% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

7,442

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

90.9%

2024

679

All-time

317,213

Johnny once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 7,442 boys were named Johnny.

In 2024, only 679 boys were given the name.

Down 90.9% from its peak.

All told, about 317,213 Americans have been named Johnny and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 90.9% from peak

19477,442 boys named Johnny

2024679 boys named Johnny

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