Johnetta vs Johnie
American parents have registered 26,074 Johnies since 1880, against 3,201 Johnettas. Johnie is still ahead, with 15 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Johnetta Johnie
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 145 years in which either name was published, Johnie for 133 years and Johnetta for 12 years. The lead changed hands 14 times.
- 1880–1981 Johnie ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1982–1985 Johnetta ahead
- 1988–2025 Johnie ahead, apart from 2 short spells
8 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Johnetta | Johnie | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 3,201 | 26,074 |
| Most in one year | 69 | 854 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 15 |
| Estimated living today | 2,300 | 4,900 |
| Median age today | 58 | 69 |
| Peak year | 1952 | 1920 |
| Best rank | 1,138th girls | 190th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 7,679th |
| First recorded | 1892 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 3,201 / 0 | 5,144 / 20,930 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Johnies alive today are over 69; half the Johnettas are over 58. That is 11 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Johnetta Kentucky (6.4×), Louisiana (5.0×), Illinois (3.0×)
- Johnie Mississippi (11.1×), Arkansas (7.4×), Alabama (5.5×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Johnetta and Johnie.