Johnell**
#3,600 most common boys' name of all time · #8,784 across all names · 78% male / 22% female · used 1925–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,600
Rank overall
#8,784 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
1,594
Since 2016
47
Peak year
1977 #1,982
Best rank
#1,624 1954
Girls
Boys
peak 37/yr
Johnell first appears in 1925. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,206 |
| 2020 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,843 |
| 2019 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,258 |
| 2018 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,262 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,987 |
| 2016 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,926 |
| 2015 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,822 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,320 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,824 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,274 |
| 2011 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,990 |
| 2010 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,155 |
| 2009 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,139 |
| 2008 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,528 |
| 2007 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,327 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,540 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,727 |
| 2004 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #5,867 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,351 |
| 2002 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,366 |
| 2001 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,713 |
| 2000 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,624 |
| 1999 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #5,223 |
| 1997 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,926 |
| 1996 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,446 |
| 1995 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,587 |
| 1994 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,375 |
| 1993 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #3,880 |
| 1992 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,033 |
| 1991 | 9 | 25 | 34 | #2,706 |
| 1990 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,519 |
| 1989 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #3,033 |
| 1988 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #3,585 |
| 1987 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #2,993 |
| 1986 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #3,180 |
| 1985 | 5 | 23 | 28 | #2,326 |
| 1984 | 9 | 24 | 33 | #2,200 |
| 1983 | 7 | 20 | 27 | #2,447 |
| 1982 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #2,895 |
| 1981 | 9 | 16 | 25 | #2,831 |
| 1980 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #3,325 |
| 1979 | 9 | 23 | 32 | #2,204 |
| 1978 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #1,989 |
| 1977 | 12 | 25 | 37 | #1,982 |
| 1976 | 9 | 19 | 28 | #2,376 |
| 1975 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #2,983 |
| 1974 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #2,743 |
| 1973 | 8 | 22 | 30 | #1,961 |
| 1972 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #2,739 |
| 1971 | 12 | 16 | 28 | #2,422 |
| 1970 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,469 |
| 1969 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #2,108 |
| 1968 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,400 |
| 1967 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #2,216 |
| 1966 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,947 |
| 1965 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #3,169 |
| 1964 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #2,381 |
| 1963 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,186 |
| 1962 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #2,096 |
| 1961 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #3,270 |
| 1960 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #1,962 |
| 1959 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,965 |
| 1958 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #3,214 |
| 1957 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,776 |
| 1956 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #1,937 |
| 1955 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,923 |
| 1954 | 6 | 23 | 29 | #1,624 |
| 1953 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #1,827 |
| 1952 | 6 | 18 | 24 | #1,853 |
| 1951 | 10 | 19 | 29 | #1,769 |
| 1950 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #1,936 |
| 1949 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #1,931 |
| 1948 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #2,112 |
| 1947 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #2,163 |
| 1946 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #2,263 |
| 1945 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #2,235 |
| 1944 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #1,886 |
| 1943 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #3,506 |
| 1942 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 1941 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,904 |
| 1938 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,639 |
| 1937 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 1936 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,617 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,137 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1928 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1925 | 5 | — | 5 | — |