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Boy · English pet form

Johnie

Say it: JON-ee

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Meaning

A pet form of John, from Hebrew Yohanan 'God is gracious'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

An American spelling of Johnny, used around 1900 to 1950.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1910s

In the United States

00.511.518801900192019401960198020002020Girls 1909Boys 1905per 1,000 babies of that sex
  • 26,022 babies given this name since 1880
  • At its height in 1910, about 1 in 976 boys
  • 10 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

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Where this comes from

  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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