Johnnie
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A diminutive of the male given name John
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈdʒɑni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Johnnie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- GHGhana≈1 in 2.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 5K
- USUnited States1 in 7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 469 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈330,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Ghana, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A diminutive of the male given name John.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Johnnie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈330,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | — | Johnnie | 22 |
| US United States | #594 | 47,521 | 1 in 7K | 32K | Johnnie | 469 |
| GH Ghana | #119 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Johnnie | 17 |
| GB United Kingdom | #796 | ≈8,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.2K | 4 | Johnnie | 130 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 1 | Johnnie | 13 |
| SG Singapore | #463 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Johnnie | 23 |
| IS Iceland | — | ≈53 est. | ≈1 in 6.6K | — | Johnnie | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Johnnie Davisb. 1910USAmerican actor and singer (1910-1983)
- James Edgar Johnsonb. 1915GBnot in their usual nameBritish RAF flying ace in WWII (1915-2001)
- Johnnie Parsonsb. 1918USAmerican racing driver (1918–1984)
- Ann Millerb. 1923USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and dancer (1923–2004)
- Johnnie Johnsonb. 1924USAmerican musician (1924-2005)
- Johnnie Rayb. 1927USAmerican singer and pianist (1927–1990)
- Johnnie Taylorb. 1934USAmerican male singer and songwriter (1934–2000)
- Johnnie Cochranb. 1937USAmerican attorney (1937–2005)
- Johnnie Tob. 1955CNHong Kong filmmaker (born 1955)
- The Goddess Bunnyb. 1960USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1960–2021)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 44 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 32K | #939 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 16K | #939 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1928 | 1.9K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1947 | 1.8K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1927 | 1.8K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1930 | 1.8K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1948 | 1.8K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1929 | 1.8K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1925 | 1.7K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1924 | 1.7K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1926 | 1.7K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1949 | 1.7K | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Johnnie mean, and where does it come from?
- A diminutive of the male given name John. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Johnnie a male or female name?
- Johnnie is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What are other forms of the name Johnnie?
- In the etymology graph, Juan, Ivan and Sean are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of John and Jon.
- How do you pronounce Johnnie?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈdʒɑni/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Johnnie have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 326 thousand people named Johnnie in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled johnnie.
- How common is the name Johnnie?
- In the United States, the national register counted 47,521 people named Johnnie in 2020, about 1 in 7.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Johnnie compared with other names?
- In Ghana, Johnnie is the 119th most common given name of 14,081 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/johnnieThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Johnnie” — the 119th most common given name in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.