Jonny
Recorded 1912–2025 · United States
Jonny was most popular in 2008, when 79 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,214 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,270, with 34 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,532 people named Jonny.
Jonny over time
How old is the name Jonny?
Jonny first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1912, which makes it about 113 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 108 of the 114 years since.
How many people are named Jonny?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,532 American births named Jonny 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 2,893 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Jonny in 2025?
34 American babies were named Jonny in 2025, ranking #7,270 that year.
Is Jonny getting more or less popular?
Jonny is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 36 births a year, against 56 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -36% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Jonny a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Jonny is a boy’s name — 3.7% of the 3,532 Americans given it were girls and 96.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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 Jonny?
Roughly 2,893 Americans named Jonny are alive today — 82% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 32 years old, and half are between 17 and 59. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
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 Jonny 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