Johnny

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #457in 2025
  • 1 in 2,504boys in 2025
  • −34%last ten years
  • 2.4×in Mississippi

Most popular in 1945. Quieter now: down 34% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

02,1174,23418801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Johnny, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880181
1881129
1882141
1883134
1884131
1885195
1886208
1887306
1888174
1889181
1890207
1891306
1892270
1893187
1894251
1895298
1896318
1897275
1898318
1899339
1900478
1901451
1902571
1903495
1904601
1905627
1906631
1907661
1908693
1909713
1910860
1911651
1912505
1913513
1914506
1915491
1916515
1917573
1918635
1919673
1920721
1921748
1922792
1923890
1924923
19251,046
19261,161
19271,198
19281,380
19291,424
19301,660
19311,652
19321,926
19332,071
19342,262
19352,432
19362,631
19372,649
19382,882
19393,046
19403,456
19413,243
19423,322
19433,770
19444,154
19454,234
19464,071
19474,067
19483,911
19493,928
19503,676
19513,558
19523,484
19533,406
19543,244
19553,214
19563,137
19573,016
19582,982
19592,957
19602,900
19612,780
19622,792
19632,669
19642,544
19652,520
19662,446
19672,391
19682,330
19692,359
19702,388
19712,227
19722,198
19732,096
19742,015
19751,902
19761,832
19771,705
19781,556
19791,422
19801,480
19811,427
19821,373
19831,317
19841,258
19851,195
19861,197
19871,179
19881,185
19891,149
19901,208
19911,112
19921,050
19931,001
19941,009
1995887
1996851
1997779
1998777
1999779
2000745
2001793
2002741
2003694
2004663
2005699
2006711
2007726
2008724
2009680
2010674
2011659
2012655
2013703
2014617
2015602
2016547
2017526
2018518
2019473
2020459
2021412
2022458
2023420
2024398
2025399

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Mississippi 2.4×
  2. Arkansas 2.0×
  3. Missouri 1.9×
  4. Arizona 1.7×
  5. California 1.7×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
682
Rank in 2025
#457
How rare
1 in 2,504 boys
Since 1880
317,918

Most popular in 1945, at 4,234 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 34% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Mississippi2.4×32
Arkansas2.0×31
Missouri1.9×62
Arizona1.7×69
California1.7×359

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.