Johnny

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Johnny is an English language personal name. It is often a nickname, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females. Variant forms of Johnny include Johnnie, Johnney, Johhny, Johnni and Johni.

From Wikipedia

Johnny first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 121 babies (rank #377 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Johnny

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Johnny yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,589
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
121
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199632#545
199739#489
199840#493
199939#510
200038#520
200134#568
200249#454
200359#434
200488#344
200599#324
2006108#325
200799#370
200890#414
2009100#393
201079#460
2011108#371
201290#441
201382#471
2014105#392
201590#450
2016121#377