Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
19401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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