Johnson
Johnson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 32 births. Its best rank was 327th, in 1905.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 320.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 2000111 births
- Best rank
- #327in 1905
- Since 1880
- 6,987people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,987 boys have been named Johnson in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 111 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1990s alone account for 13%. It has spent 61 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Johnson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 126 | |
| 1890s | 155 | |
| 1900s | 221 | |
| 1910s | 522 | |
| 1920s | 632 | |
| 1930s | 411 | |
| 1940s | 472 | |
| 1950s | 365 | |
| 1960s | 352 | |
| 1970s | 268 | |
| 1980s | 822 | |
| 1990s | 884 | |
| 2000s | 879 | |
| 2010s | 641 | |
| 2020s | 237 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Johnson was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2000 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Johnson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Eliepeak 2009
- Reubenpeak 1920
- Williamspeak 1950
- Pricepeak 2006
- Edgarpeak 2005
- Levypeak 2021
- Richmondpeak 1921
- Raleighpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.