Johnanthony
Combination name derived from "John" meaning "God is gracious" and "Anthony" meaning "priceless one".
Name Census estimates that about 518 living Americans carry the first name Johnanthony. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Johnanthony today is around 25 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Johnanthony births was 1999 (21 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Johnanthony. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
518
~ 1 in 661,688 Americans
Peak year
1999
21 babies that year
Average age
25
years old
2024 SSA rank
#11,550
Tracked since 1978
Census
Johnanthony in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 597 people with the first name Johnanthony, which placed it at #18,138 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#18,138
National first-name rank
People counted
597
597 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
42.4% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Johnanthony
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Johnanthony is Hispanic at 42.4%. The next largest groups are White (30.0%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (17.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Johnanthony described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Johnanthony at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino42.4% · 253
- White30.0% · 179
- Asian and Pacific Islander17.9% · 107
- Black or African American6.2% · 37
- Two or more races3.4% · 20
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.2% · 1
Popularity
Johnanthony: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Johnanthony from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 170 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Johnanthony by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Johnanthony during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Johnanthonys live
Origin
Meaning and history of Johnanthony
The name Johnanthony is a compound given name derived from the combination of the English names John and Anthony. Both have roots tracing back to ancient Greek and Roman origins.
John is derived from the Hebrew name Yochanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious." It was a popular name among early Christians, borne by John the Baptist and the apostle John. The spelling evolved from the Greek Ioannes to the Latin Johannes and eventually the English John.
Anthony is derived from the Roman family name Antonius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin. It was borne by the Roman general Marcus Antonius, a contemporary of Julius Caesar. The name's meaning is uncertain, but it may be related to the Greek anthos, meaning "flower."
The earliest recorded example of the combined name Johnanthony dates back to the late 16th century in England. It is likely that the name was created by combining the two popular names to form a more unique variant.
One of the earliest notable individuals with the name Johnanthony was Johnanthony Brough (1620-1690), an English clergyman and academic who served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1677 to 1681.
Another early bearer of the name was Johnanthony Fitzherbert (1658-1723), an English Catholic lawyer and author who wrote several works on legal and religious subjects during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
In the 19th century, Johnanthony Wilkes (1810-1889) was a prominent English industrialist and politician who served as a Member of Parliament for several constituencies between 1837 and 1874.
Johnanthony Millais (1829-1896) was a notable English painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a group of artists who sought to revive the aesthetic values of Italian art from before the time of Raphael.
More recently, Johnanthony Gilchrist (1936-2011) was a Canadian writer and journalist best known for his work as a foreign correspondent for various news organizations, including The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star.
People
Johnanthony + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Johnanthony as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Johnanthony: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Johnanthony?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 518 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Johnanthony going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 661,688 US residents.
Is Johnanthony a common name?
We classify Johnanthony as "Very Rare". It ranks above 84.9% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 529 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Johnanthony most popular?
The single biggest year for Johnanthony was 1999, when 21 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Johnanthony is about 25 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Johnanthony in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 597 people with the name Johnanthony, or 0.20 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #18,138 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Johnanthony in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Johnanthony?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Johnanthony appears almost entirely male. Of the 584 people counted with this name, 100.0% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Johnanthony?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Johnanthony is Hispanic at 42.4%. The next largest groups are White (30.0%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (17.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Johnanthony most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Johnanthony in the 2020 Census, accounting for 42.4% (253 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Johnanthony in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Johnanthony a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Johnanthony in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Johnanthony still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Johnanthony in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Johnanthony can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Johnanthony?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.