Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Jhonny isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jhonny through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,855
- 1,855 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 69 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #4,188 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,188 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 11.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 69 in 2006. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,423 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jhonny’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Jhonny has a related form in John.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Jhonny
- Jhonny AcostaCosta Rican association football playerborn 1983
- Jhonny GonzálezMexican boxerborn 1981
- Jhonny PeraltaMajor League Baseball shortstop in the St. Louis Cardinals organizationborn 1982
- Jhonny BaldeónEcuadorian association football playerborn 1981
- Jhonny da Silvafootballerborn 1991
- Jhonny NúñezDominican Republic baseball playerborn 1985
- Jhonny VidalesPeruvian association football playerborn 1992
- Jhonny Quiñónezassociation football player (1998-)
- Jhonny ArteagaColombian footballerborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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