How Many People Are Named Johnnie?
people named Johnnie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,803 people in the US has this name
Based on 151,295 babies named Johnnie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,996 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of JOHN, sometimes used as a feminine form.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Johnnie in English. Counting Johnnie and these spellings together, about 282,934 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Johnnie, 31.1% were girls and 68.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 36.1% of the babies were girls then and 35.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Johnnie alive today is about 63 years old, and 65% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Johnnie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1928, to 2,996 babies. In 2025, 103 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Johnnie never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #74, in 1910, and it was in the top 100 in 14 years between 1900 and 1925. In 2025 it ranked #2,295. Among girls, its best rank was #182, in 1928.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,295 | #3,608 |
| Best rank | #74 (1910) | #182 (1928) |
| Years in the top 100 | 14 (1900 to 1925) | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #104 in the 1920s | #199 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Johnnie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Johnnie were born in Texas than in any other state: about 5,811 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Johnnie was given 5.4 times as often in Mississippi, 4.1 times in Alabama and 3.8 times in Georgia.
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