girls:
355 births since 1925
#5361 (6th percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1934
#3375 (26th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1925
#6157 (20th percentile)
The name Johnell is the #6,157 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,589 recorded births since 1925. This represents the 20.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,375 (26.4% percentile) for all time with 1,234 births since 1934. For girls, it ranks #5,361 (6.2% percentile) for all time with 355 births since 1925.
Johnell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1925 (1925 for girls and 1934 for boys). Birth data for Johnell is available in 90 out of the 96 years between 1925 and 2020 (85 years for boys and 49 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Johnell has been given predominantly to boys, with 77.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2020, 100.0% of babies named Johnell were boys. Interestingly, until around 1936, the name was more popular for girls (82.8% girls from 1925 to 1935), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (78.8% boys from 1936 to 2020).
For boys, Johnell reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #654) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
For girls, Johnell reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #761) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1931, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2004.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Johnell".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Johnell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.0% confident that Johnell is pronounced as jah-NEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAH-nehl, at 30.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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