Jonny Boy
How popular is Jonny?
#3,378 boy name in 2025
34 baby boys were named Jonny in the US in 2025, making it the 3378th most popular boy name.
Jonny popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,378 for boys (▲ 413 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 34 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,765 in 2015, #3,272 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (79 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,087 in 1967 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jonny counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Johnny family of names ranked #400 for boys in 2025 (#406 the year before), with 799 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Johnny | 682 | 85% |
| Johnnie | 61 | 8% |
| Jonny | 34 | 4% |
| Johny | 5 | 1% |
| Johnie | 10 | 1% |
| Jony | 7 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jonny is most popular
Babies named Jonny per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (31 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 boys)
Jonny by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 14 | #2,543 |
| 1920s | 75 | #2,523 |
| 1930s | 144 | #1,576 |
| 1940s | 290 | #1,120 |
| 1950s | 320 | #1,140 |
| 1960s | 411 | #1,087 |
| 1970s | 239 | #1,415 |
| 1980s | 248 | #1,844 |
| 1990s | 384 | #1,610 |
| 2000s | 580 | #1,838 |
| 2010s | 484 | #2,058 |
| 2020s | 212 | #3,051 |
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Questions
- Is Jonny a boy or girl name?
- Jonny is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jonny were boys.
- How popular is the name Jonny?
- 34 baby boys were named Jonny in the US in 2025, making it the 3378th most popular boy name.
- When was Jonny most popular?
- Jonny peaked in 2008, when 79 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,087 in 1967.
- How many people are named Jonny?
- 3,532 babies have been named Jonny in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,902 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 32.
- Where is Jonny most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jonny was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.