Johney is a rare variant of John that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Johney is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2006. Johney was first reported in SSA data in 1888 and peaked in 1919 (45 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,224 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,529 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,403 |
| 1996 | 7 | — | — | #7,515 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | — | #8,109 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | — | #7,914 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | — | #6,777 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | — | #6,555 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | — | #4,406 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | — | #5,617 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | — | #7,038 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | — | #6,794 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | — | #4,397 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | — | #4,728 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | — | #5,208 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | — | #5,689 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | — | #4,778 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | — | #4,372 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | — | #5,255 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | — | #5,871 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | — | #3,317 |
| 1972 | 14 | — | — | #2,593 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | — | #4,161 |
| 1970 | 19 | — | — | #2,093 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | — | #4,161 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | — | #2,657 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | — | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 15 | — | — | #2,093 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | — | #2,545 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | — | #2,482 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | — | #3,180 |
| 1962 | 12 | — | — | #2,443 |
| 1961 | 25 | — | — | #1,619 |
| 1960 | 17 | — | — | #2,010 |
| 1959 | 12 | — | — | #2,475 |
| 1958 | 17 | — | — | #1,985 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | — | #3,141 |
| 1956 | 19 | — | — | #1,859 |
| 1955 | 18 | — | — | #1,878 |
| 1954 | 18 | — | — | #1,857 |
| 1953 | 22 | — | — | #1,652 |
| 1952 | 22 | — | — | #1,643 |
| 1951 | 18 | — | — | #1,804 |
| 1950 | 18 | — | — | #1,779 |
| 1949 | 25 | — | — | #1,481 |
| 1948 | 17 | — | — | #1,851 |
| 1947 | 21 | — | — | #1,676 |
| 1946 | 29 | — | — | #1,316 |
| 1945 | 18 | — | — | #1,605 |
| 1944 | 16 | — | — | #1,783 |
| 1943 | 25 | — | — | #1,417 |
| 1942 | 21 | — | — | #1,561 |
| 1941 | 20 | — | — | #1,556 |
| 1940 | 26 | — | — | #1,322 |
| 1939 | 21 | — | — | #1,477 |
| 1938 | 27 | — | — | #1,296 |
| 1937 | 21 | — | — | #1,506 |
| 1936 | 30 | — | — | #1,214 |
| 1935 | 25 | — | — | #1,381 |
| 1934 | 28 | — | — | #1,283 |
| 1933 | 25 | — | — | #1,347 |
| 1932 | 27 | — | — | #1,343 |
| 1931 | 30 | — | — | #1,266 |
| 1930 | 20 | — | — | #1,673 |
| 1929 | 25 | — | — | #1,465 |
| 1928 | 29 | — | — | #1,366 |
| 1927 | 24 | — | — | #1,580 |
| 1926 | 44 | — | #4,564 | #1,168 |
| 1925 | 30 | — | — | #1,345 |
| 1924 | 29 | — | — | #1,396 |
| 1923 | 28 | — | — | #1,401 |
| 1922 | 34 | — | — | #1,250 |
| 1921 | 33 | — | — | #1,283 |
| 1920 | 25 | — | — | #1,529 |
| 1919 | 45 | — | — | #1,014 |
| 1918 | 36 | — | — | #1,162 |
| 1917 | 37 | — | — | #1,102 |
| 1916 | 20 | — | — | #1,622 |
| 1915 | 21 | — | — | #1,534 |
| 1914 | 25 | — | — | #1,173 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | — | #1,741 |
| 1912 | 10 | — | — | #1,682 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | — | #1,083 |
| 1910 | 12 | — | — | #959 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | — | #1,580 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | — | #1,047 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | — | #967 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | — | #980 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | — | #1,000 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | — | #1,111 |