Johnell was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Johnell as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#12,008 (5)
2020
#8,739 (8)
2019
#7,173 (11)
2018
#8,154 (9)
2017
#10,775 (6)
2016
#8,816 (8)
2015
#10,644 (6)
2014
#12,108 (5)
2013
#9,655 (7)
2012
#8,158 (9)
2011
#5,945 (14)
2010
#7,087 (11)
2009
#5,102 (18)
2008
#5,487 (16)
2007
#6,262 (13)
Johnell as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2004
#14,179 (6)
1998
#14,122 (5)
1993
#9,559 (8)
1991
#8,588 (9)
1989
#10,847 (6)
1988
#11,798 (5)
1987
#8,778 (7)
1986
#7,134 (9)
1985
#10,677 (5)
1984
#6,810 (9)
1983
#8,047 (7)
1982
#9,237 (6)
1981
#6,804 (9)
1980
#7,418 (8)
1979
#6,696 (9)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1977 at #1,948.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1934.
In 2004, 32% of US babies named Johnell were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.