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Johnetta

Recorded 1892–2009 · United States

Johnetta was most popular in 1952, when 69 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,915 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,201 people named Johnetta.

Most popular in1952
Rank that year#1,915
Births that year69
Total since 18803,201
Given to100% girls
Alive today~2,000
Median age59

Johnetta over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Johnetta’s peak in 1952. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Johnetta?

Johnetta first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1892, which makes it about 133 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 97 of the 134 years since. It was last recorded in 2009.

How many people are named Johnetta?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,201 American births named Johnetta between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,363 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Johnetta in 2025?

Johnetta was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.

Is Johnetta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Johnetta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,201 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Johnetta?

Roughly 2,363 Americans named Johnetta are alive today — 74% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 59 years old, and half are between 44 and 71.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Johnetta is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org