girls:
6 births since 1926
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1888
#3135 (32nd percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1888
#6220 (20th percentile)
The name Johney is the #6,220 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,525 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 19.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,135 (31.6% percentile) for all time with 1,519 births since 1888. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1926.
Johney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for boys and 1926 for girls). Birth data for Johney is available in 91 out of the 119 years between 1888 and 2006 (91 years for boys and 1 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 Johney has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Johney reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 7.5% percentile (ranked #495) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 1910, with 58 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2006.
For girls, Johney reached its peak popularity in 1926, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #603) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1926.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Johney".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Johney. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Johney is pronounced as JAH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JOH-nee, at 50.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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