# Jonny (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jonny/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,532 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,401 / 131 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 715, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 11 | 2,949 |
| 1944 | 8 | 3,532 |
| 1945 | 9 | 3,259 |
| 1946 | 13 | 2,802 |
| 1947 | 6 | 4,994 |
| 1948 | 9 | 3,721 |
| 1949 | 7 | 4,437 |
| 1951 | 6 | 5,113 |
| 1953 | 6 | 5,328 |
| 1954 | 6 | 5,419 |
| 1956 | 5 | 6,375 |
| 1959 | 8 | 4,796 |
| 1961 | 8 | 5,065 |
| 1962 | 6 | 6,172 |
| 1969 | 7 | 6,225 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 65 | 2,069 |
| 2012 | 65 | 2,098 |
| 2013 | 63 | 2,125 |
| 2014 | 42 | 2,829 |
| 2015 | 43 | 2,789 |
| 2016 | 39 | 3,032 |
| 2017 | 43 | 2,820 |
| 2018 | 31 | 3,571 |
| 2019 | 42 | 2,915 |
| 2020 | 34 | 3,302 |
| 2021 | 36 | 3,270 |
| 2022 | 40 | 3,079 |
| 2023 | 39 | 3,148 |
| 2024 | 29 | 3,843 |
| 2025 | 34 | 3,407 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 781 |
| 2012 | 24 | 1,119 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,147 |
| 2014 | 34 | 866 |
| 2015 | 26 | 1,074 |
| 2016 | 31 | 946 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,056 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,492 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,407 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## People named Jonny

- Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby union footballer
- Jonny Weston, American actor
- Jonny Howson, English association football player (born 1988)
- Jonny Bairstow, English cricketer (born 1989)
- Jonny Flynn, American basketball player (born 1989)
- Jonny Moseley, American freestyle skier
- Jonny Jakobsen, Danish-Swedish musician
- Jonny Lang, American blues, gospel, and rock singer and songwriter
- Jonny Hector, chess player
- Jonny Edgar, British racing driver (born 2004)
- Jonny May, English rugby union footballer
- Jonny Harris, Canadian actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.