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Johnny

Johnny means "God is gracious" and comes from Hebrew, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It peaked back in the 1950s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name most people have come across. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.

HebrewDiminutive of John
HebrewGod is gracious
Births by decade
1900s
840
1910s
4,043
1920s
11,801
1930s
25,012
1940s
57,727
1950s
66,377
1960s
50,384
1970s
32,431
1980s
23,727
1990s
18,588
2000s
14,350
2010s
9,483
Peaked in the 1950s · 314,763 total U.S. births since 1900