Jonny
Boy · JON-ee · Hebrew
Jonny is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Jonny mean?
Hebrew: pet form of John or Jonathan
“God is gracious”
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- JON-ee
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Is Jonny a girl's or a boy's name?
Jonny is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jonny in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Jonny, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2004, with 73 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jonny in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 130 boys in the UK were given Jonny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #374, up from #1,771 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Jonny in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,507 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,037 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,327 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,115 |
| 2016 | 33 | #988 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,090 |
| 2014 | 37 | #891 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,178 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 41 | #819 |
| 2010 | 38 | #848 |
| 2009 | 44 | #747 |
| 2008 | 51 | #679 |
| 2007 | 41 | #753 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 54 | #552 |
| 2004 | 73 | #421 |
| 2003 | 36 | #668 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Jonny in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Jonny, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 79 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Jonny in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 844 boys in the US were given Jonny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #394, up from #3,378 for this spelling alone.
In 1969, 13% of the babies named Jonny in the US were girls.
Jonny in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,896 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 43 | #2,797 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 42 | #2,803 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,112 |
| 2012 | 65 | #2,090 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,058 |
| 2010 | 51 | #2,428 |
| 2009 | 72 | #1,958 |
| 2008 | 79 | #1,838 |
| 2007 | 58 | #2,257 |
| 2006 | 52 | #2,374 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,077 |
| 2004 | 66 | #1,853 |
| 2003 | 43 | #2,424 |
| 2002 | 56 | #1,970 |
| 2001 | 56 | #1,931 |
| 2000 | 39 | #2,421 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 38 | #2,225 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 48 | #1,796 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,922 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,252 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 39 | #1,946 |
| 1990 | 51 | #1,610 |
| 1989 | 32 | #2,148 |
| 1988 | 36 | #1,844 |
| 1987 | 28 | #2,111 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 24 | #2,162 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,827 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 21 | #1,966 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,494 |
| 1970 | 35 | #1,415 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,168 |
| 1968 | 40 | #1,206 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,087 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,372 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,317 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,113 |
| 1963 | 39 | #1,237 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,241 |
| 1961 | 44 | #1,195 |
| 1960 | 46 | #1,151 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,140 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,276 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,317 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,239 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,310 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,484 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,642 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,271 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,226 |
| 1948 | 40 | #1,126 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1946 | 36 | #1,156 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,405 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,399 |
| 1943 | 37 | #1,120 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,268 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,485 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,576 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,716 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,327 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
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