Jhonny

Gender: Boy
Say it: JON-ee
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #4,138 for boys

Jhonny is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).

What does Jhonny mean?

Hebrew: Latin American spelling of Johnny, from John

“God is gracious”

A respelling of Johnny, the pet form of John, found especially in Latin America.

Is Jhonny a girl's or a boy's name?

Jhonny is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jhonny in the US?

Rank in 2025: 4,138th among boys
Babies in 2025: 25 about 1 in 68,000 boys
Five-year trend: Falling down 27% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Jhonny, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,585th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 69 boys. It first appears in the records in 1925.

2025 had fewer boys named Jhonny than any year since 1993.

Half of all the boys named Jhonny in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 844 boys in the US were given Jhonny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #394, up from #4,138 for this spelling alone.

Johnny 682
Johnnie 61
Jonny 34
Jhonny 25
Jhony 20
Johnie 10
Jony 7
Johny 5

1925Busiest: 69 in 20062025

Jhonny in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	25	#4,138
2024	42	#2,957
2023	27	#3,999
2022	40	#3,051
2021	42	#2,917
2020	49	#2,585
2019	43	#2,850
2018	37	#3,104
2017	35	#3,248
2016	34	#3,292
2015	49	#2,527
2014	38	#2,983
2013	44	#2,666
2012	53	#2,379
2011	56	#2,283
2010	44	#2,729
2009	51	#2,485
2008	48	#2,582
2007	51	#2,473
2006	69	#1,942
2005	51	#2,293
2004	52	#2,204
2003	44	#2,388
2002	41	#2,424
2001	35	#2,676
2000	31	#2,858
1999	31	#2,718
1998	28	#2,848
1997	27	#2,819
1996	31	#2,478
1995	27	#2,680
1994	29	#2,551
1993	23	#2,937
1992	20	#3,213
1991	29	#2,400
1990	27	#2,483
1989	17	#3,319
1988	14	#3,518
1987	20	#2,637
1986	12	#3,649
1985	14	#3,213
1984	9	#4,212
1983	5	#6,234
1982	8	#4,591
1981	9	#4,151
1980	0	–
1979	0	–
1978	0	–
1977	10	#3,604
1976	6	#4,933
1975	11	#3,244
1974	5	#5,225
1973	15	#2,511
1972	10	#3,150
1971	9	#3,368
1970	7	#3,834
1969	0	–
1968	14	#2,199
1967	5	#3,964
1966	8	#2,985
1965	9	#2,778
1964	10	#2,664
1963	16	#2,043
1962	7	#3,303
1961	10	#2,704
1960	11	#2,533
1959	6	#3,618
1958	12	#2,368
1957	9	#2,820
1956	7	#3,214
1955	11	#2,434
1954	6	#3,450
1953	9	#2,708
1952	12	#2,250
1951	6	#3,362
1950	8	#2,769
1949	0	–
1948	9	#2,607
1947	11	#2,355
1946	0	–
1945	5	#3,337
1944	5	#3,428
1943	7	#2,962
1942	8	#2,711
1941	0	–
1940	7	#2,871
1939	0	–
1938	10	#2,326
1937	8	#2,680
1936	0	–
1935	0	–
1934	5	#3,677
1933	9	#2,541
1932	0	–
1931	5	#3,761
1930	0	–
1929	0	–
1928	0	–
1927	0	–
1926	0	–
1925	6	#3,739

Names like Jhonny

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Judah, Jonah, Jordy, Jeremy, Johan, Jordan, Noah, Jacob, Zachary, Asher, Ethan, Caleb

Other spellings of Jhonny

Johnny, Johnnie, Jonny, Jhony, Johnie, Jony, Johny

Names related to Jhonny

Jhon, Jhoan

More Hebrew names

Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Jhonny: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jhonny, updated 20 October 2026.