Johnnie

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A few things about Johnnie you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Johnnie

Johnnie To

Hong Kong filmmaker (born 1955)

Choose Johnnie and your child shares a first name with Johnnie To, a Hong Kong filmmaker. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Johnnie, like who?” Johnnie To's Wikipedia article is available in 27 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 28,011 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Johnnie, 61 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Johnnie would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryJohnnie has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Johnnies, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1910, when it ranked #74. Today it's #2,284, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowJohnnie was 2.3× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 12,121 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 28,011.
• 🍂TrendJohnnie has slipped 338 places over the last five years and now sits at #2,284. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• ⚖️Boy or girlJohnnie is given to both boys and girls: 59% of the 103 babies named Johnnie in 2025 were boys. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningJohnnie is an English form of John, which means “God is gracious”. Our records link it to English and Hebrew roots.

About the name Johnnie

Johnnie is a gender-neutral name of English and Hebrew origin meaning “God is gracious”. It has 7 letters and 2 syllables, starting with J and ending in “-nie”. US birth records list Johnnie for boys from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked #74 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #2,284, with 61 babies. Of the 103 US babies named Johnnie in 2025, 41% were girls and 59% were boys.

Origin:English namesHebrew names