Johnny Boy Name

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The name Johnny is of English origin, and is a diminutive form of John. The table below indicates the number of times the name Johnny has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Johnny**
Use of the Name Johnny for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
294,456	163,041	48,912	14,750	7,048	2,646	1,289

The table below indicates the number of times the name Johnny has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Johnny**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	387	20
1881	495	13
1882	460	16
1883	489	14
1884	497	15
1885	389	21
1886	361	23
1887	302	31
1888	409	21
1889	410	20
1890	374	23
1891	301	31
1892	324	33
1893	395	21
1894	334	29
1895	306	35
1896	302	38
1897	335	31
1898	298	39
1899	292	36
1900	239	73
1901	252	48
1902	214	70
1903	236	59
1904	209	77
1905	210	83
1906	212	84
1907	199	97
1908	194	107
1909	190	117
1910	174	167
1911	204	148
1912	238	217
1913	231	263
1914	234	330
1915	237	419
1916	232	457
1917	210	535
1918	199	643
1919	193	659
1920	184	772
1921	176	820
1922	170	866
1923	160	971
1924	152	1,049
1925	142	1,158
1926	136	1,286
1927	131	1,360
1928	117	1,524	883	69
1929	113	1,533
1930	101	1,820
1931	106	1,712
1932	96	2,010
1933	90	2,044
1934	83	2,334
1935	74	2,527
1936	72	2,730	957	52
1937	69	2,818
1938	63	3,201
1939	62	3,379
1940	51	3,988	940	59
1941	54	3,991
1942	54	4,607
1943	52	5,336
1944	45	5,656
1945	45	5,683
1946	47	6,594
1947	49	7,384
1948	52	6,874
1949	49	6,928
1950	50	6,598
1951	50	6,667
1952	53	6,786
1953	53	6,653
1954	54	6,593
1955	55	6,612
1956	55	6,616
1957	61	6,493
1958	61	6,313
1959	65	6,304
1960	65	6,175
1961	70	5,892
1962	69	5,777
1963	71	5,420
1964	74	5,059
1965	75	4,689
1966	73	4,358
1967	70	4,161
1968	69	4,051
1969	68	4,211
1970	65	4,438
1971	74	3,931
1972	74	3,561
1973	82	3,263
1974	82	3,169
1975	86	2,969
1976	92	2,869
1977	93	2,798
1978	101	2,558
1979	111	2,442
1980	113	2,637
1981	113	2,552
1982	118	2,489
1983	115	2,366
1984	120	2,264
1985	127	2,203
1986	125	2,199
1987	127	2,201
1988	130	2,261
1989	133	2,288
1990	131	2,471
1991	144	2,246
1992	153	2,081
1993	164	1,961
1994	165	1,943
1995	187	1,681
1996	194	1,603
1997	211	1,458
1998	216	1,474
1999	226	1,486
2000	234	1,453
2001	226	1,524
2002	236	1,425
2003	246	1,357
2004	253	1,289
Totals:		294,456		180

During the last 125 years, parents have used Johnny as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.

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