NameTides

Johnny

Johnny was the #457 boys' name in the US in 2025 (682 babies), and #438 in England & Wales and #591 in Canada.

Johnny as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Johnny as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandUSEngland & WalesCanadaScotland
Johnny as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#457 (682)#438 (89)#495 (6)#212 (9)#252 (18)#591 (49)
2024#456 (685)#494 (79)#432 (7)#339 (4)#158 (32)#697 (38)
2023#434 (718)#424 (92)—#189 (11)#198 (25)#592 (45)
2022#399 (800)#434 (94)#522 (5)#311 (5)#169 (33)#648 (41)
2021#433 (720)#443 (94)#477 (6)#295 (6)#204 (25)#695 (39)
2020#387 (793)#410 (99)#476 (6)#231 (8)#261 (18)#585 (44)
2019#373 (848)#445 (91)#464 (6)#209 (10)#171 (33)#516 (54)
2018#352 (941)#378 (116)#392 (8)#234 (8)#231 (23)#457 (61)
2017#346 (974)#397 (111)#383 (9)#279 (6)#250 (20)#462 (62)
2016#335 (1,038)#377 (121)#442 (7)#232 (8)#263 (18)#472 (61)
2015#310 (1,153)#450 (90)#470 (6)#201 (11)#245 (21)#401 (76)
2014#300 (1,186)#391 (105)#399 (8)#243 (8)#231 (24)#394 (75)
2013#267 (1,330)#469 (82)#366 (9)#244 (7)#245 (22)#425 (68)
2012#281 (1,243)#440 (90)#467 (6)#247 (7)#240 (23)#523 (52)
2011#282 (1,252)#371 (108)#364 (9)#231 (8)#256 (20)#452 (60)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1945 at #45.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,500 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 920common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Johnny is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 2,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Johnny by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #576WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #606ILMichigan: #461MINew York: #770NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #773INOhio: #676OHPennsylvania: #577PANew Jersey: #523NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #306CAUtah: #441UTColorado: #849CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #346MOKentucky: #404KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #473VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #357AZNew Mexico: #270NMKansas: #524KSArkansas: #305ARTennessee: #290TNNorth Carolina: #398NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #450LAMississippi: #415MSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #364TXFlorida: #478FL
Johnny (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5138
Ontario2024#71916

Johnny (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JohnnyCanadaBoys#59149
JohnnyEngland & WalesBoys#43889
JohnnyIrelandBoys#25218
JohnnyNorthern IrelandBoys#2129
JohnnyScotlandBoys#4956
JohnnyUSGirls#10,9178
JohnnyUSBoys#457682