Johnson
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325 · #3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,021since 1880
Johnson over time
Rank among boys' names. Johnson has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,379 | 34 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,524 | 32 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,693 | 48 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,675 | 49 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,732 | 46 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,212 | 62 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,310 | 59 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,385 | 55 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,186 | 61 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,991 | 72 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,931 | 75 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,205 | 61 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,139 | 62 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,104 | 64 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,927 | 72 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,187 | 60 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,774 | 85 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,981 | 71 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,621 | 95 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,562 | 94 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,711 | 78 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,530 | 87 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,381 | 97 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,557 | 79 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,481 | 82 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,214 | 111 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,471 | 78 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,605 | 65 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,326 | 85 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,155 | 102 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,202 | 93 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,244 | 87 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,085 | 106 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,197 | 87 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,147 | 92 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,149 | 89 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,045 | 98 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,032 | 91 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #949 | 99 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #971 | 89 |
| 1985 | — | #1,007 | 82 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,084 | 68 | |
| 1983 | — | #956 | 85 | |
| 1982 | — | #933 | 92 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,154 | 63 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,238 | 55 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,598 | 36 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,760 | 30 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #2,202 | 21 |
| 1976 | — | #1,541 | 35 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,884 | 25 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,546 | 32 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,566 | 30 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,916 | 22 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,058 | 19 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,492 | 29 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,393 | 31 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,411 | 29 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,373 | 31 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,254 | 37 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,172 | 43 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,215 | 41 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,403 | 31 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,222 | 42 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,273 | 38 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,467 | 29 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,214 | 41 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,532 | 26 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,370 | 31 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,169 | 41 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,170 | 40 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,081 | 45 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,150 | 39 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,037 | 46 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,047 | 45 | |
| 1948 | — | #879 | 60 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,000 | 51 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,094 | 40 | |
| 1945 | — | #943 | 47 | |
| 1944 | — | #853 | 55 | |
| 1943 | — | #933 | 51 | |
| 1942 | — | #900 | 54 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,066 | 37 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,183 | 32 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,052 | 37 | |
| 1938 | — | #951 | 44 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,056 | 37 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,051 | 37 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,020 | 39 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,024 | 40 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,051 | 38 | |
| 1932 | — | #868 | 54 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,194 | 33 | |
| 1930 | — | #928 | 52 | |
| 1929 | — | #869 | 58 | |
| 1928 | — | #806 | 66 | |
| 1927 | — | #898 | 57 | |
| 1926 | — | #842 | 61 | |
| 1925 | — | #890 | 57 | |
| 1924 | — | #859 | 64 | |
| 1923 | — | #853 | 63 | |
| 1922 | — | #977 | 52 | |
| 1921 | — | #707 | 85 | |
| 1920 | — | #805 | 69 | |
| 1919 | — | #720 | 77 | |
| 1918 | — | #710 | 79 | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #864 | 54 |
| 1916 | — | #715 | 70 | |
| 1915 | — | #675 | 74 | |
| 1914 | — | #724 | 52 | |
| 1913 | — | #855 | 32 | |
| 1912 | — | #649 | 42 | |
| 1911 | — | #759 | 18 | |
| 1910 | — | #582 | 24 | |
| 1909 | — | #530 | 24 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #634 | 16 | |
| 1906 | — | #443 | 25 | |
| 1905 | — | #322 | 38 | |
| 1904 | — | #482 | 20 | |
| 1903 | — | #595 | 14 | |
| 1902 | — | #615 | 13 | |
| 1901 | — | #453 | 18 | |
| 1900 | — | #365 | 36 | |
| 1899 | — | #394 | 22 | |
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | #652 | 11 | |
| 1896 | — | #438 | 20 | |
| 1895 | — | #579 | 13 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #349 | 24 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #525 | 13 | |
| 1888 | — | #442 | 18 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | #578 | 11 | |
| 1885 | — | #521 | 13 | |
| 1884 | — | #520 | 13 | |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #505 | 13 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Johnson was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Johnson is popular in 1900
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Johnson
- 145 spots since 2024 (#3,524 → #3,379)
- 1,167 spots since 2020 (#2,212 → #3,379)
- 1,448 spots since 2015 (#1,931 → #3,379)
- Biggest jump: 375 spots in 1895 (#954 → #579)
- Biggest drop: 416 spots in 1894 (#538 → #954)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1905 at #322 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1907, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1880–1930
- Highest: 1 in 3,482 boys born in 1905 were named Johnson (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 12.6% of all boys named Johnson (884) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 126 | #442 (1888) | #527 |
| 1890s | 155 | #349 (1891) | #549 |
| 1900s | 221 | #322 (1905) | #507 |
| 1910s | 522 | #582 (1910) | #725 |
| 1920s | 632 | #707 (1921) | #851 |
| 1930s | 411 | #868 (1932) | #1,020 |
| 1940s | 472 | #853 (1944) | #990 |
| 1950s | 365 | #1,037 (1950) | #1,270 |
| 1960s | 352 | #1,172 (1964) | #1,321 |
| 1970s | 268 | #1,541 (1976) | #1,829 |
| 1980s | 822 | #933 (1982) | #1,037 |
| 1990s | 884 | #1,085 (1993) | #1,258 |
| 2000s | 879 | #1,214 (2000) | #1,581 |
| 2010s | 641 | #1,927 (2011) | #2,137 |
| 2020s | 271 | #2,212 (2020) | #2,869 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Johnson in 1900
Top boys' names in 1900
More about 1900
boys
150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 4,180 of them was named Johnson, which outranked 75.8% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #357Elisha37
- #357Herschel37
- #357Lemuel37
- #365Johnson36
- #365Billy36
- #365Cyrus36
- #365Enoch36
- #375Alfonso35
- #375Alphonso35
- #375Christian35
Tied with 9 names at #365; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.