Johny
Boy · JON-ee · Hebrew
Johny is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Johny mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Johnny; pet form of John
“God is gracious”
- Say it
- JON-ee
Meaning borrowed from Johnny. More on Wiktionary.
Is Johny a girl's or a boy's name?
Johny is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Johny in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 5 boys.
Johny in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Johny in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Johny, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1929, with 70 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.
2025 had fewer boys named Johny than any year since 1903.
Half of all the boys named Johny in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 844 boys in the US were given Johny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #394, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Johny in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,284 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,978 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,697 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,046 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 34 | #2,302 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,252 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,909 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,046 |
| 1990 | 54 | #1,542 |
| 1989 | 31 | #2,200 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,970 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,863 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,037 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,742 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 27 | #1,475 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,449 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,699 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,545 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 28 | #1,522 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,708 |
| 1958 | 25 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1956 | 21 | #1,721 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,460 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,217 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,571 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,162 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,172 |
| 1947 | 36 | #1,212 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,235 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,077 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,135 |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,088 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,316 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,108 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,067 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,085 |
| 1938 | 34 | #1,109 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,016 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,028 |
| 1935 | 48 | #915 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,007 |
| 1933 | 47 | #905 |
| 1932 | 46 | #963 |
| 1931 | 51 | #901 |
| 1930 | 49 | #967 |
| 1929 | 70 | #763 |
| 1928 | 58 | #872 |
| 1927 | 57 | #898 |
| 1926 | 54 | #916 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,053 |
| 1924 | 49 | #1,005 |
| 1923 | 52 | #954 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,120 |
| 1921 | 41 | #1,101 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,004 |
| 1919 | 51 | #938 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,152 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,175 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,206 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,265 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,049 |
| 1912 | 26 | #876 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 14 | #756 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 9 | #852 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 7 | #932 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
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