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Baby name
Johnny
Boy
Origin of the name
Johnny is a pet form of John.
Classic name
317,918births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 49rank at its peak, in 1947
Where babies named Johnny are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Johnny is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Johnny is most common in Mississippi (3.3 times), Alabama (2.9) and New Mexico (2.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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