Johnston
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1914 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 512since 1914
Johnston over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Johnston has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Johnston! It came in at #2,271, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1918, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Johnston is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Johnston in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,402 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #9,714)
- 891 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #9,714)
- 2,223 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1914 at #2,271 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1917, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 72,751
- Highest: 1 in 72,751 boys born in 1914 were named Johnston (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 20.5% of all boys named Johnston (105) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 31 | #2,271 (1914) | #2,975 |
| 1920s | 33 | #2,986 (1921) | #3,713 |
| 1930s | 6 | #3,252 (1935) | #3,252 |
| 1940s | 13 | #2,802 (1949) | #3,116 |
| 1950s | 18 | #3,021 (1950) | #3,451 |
| 1960s | 16 | #3,652 (1961) | #3,884 |
| 1970s | 38 | #3,428 (1975) | #4,382 |
| 1980s | 56 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,414 |
| 1990s | 71 | #5,124 (1995) | #6,627 |
| 2000s | 105 | #4,785 (2000) | #6,685 |
| 2010s | 79 | #7,087 (2010) | #8,592 |
| 2020s | 46 | #7,768 (2022) | #9,341 |
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.
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