Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

John

Name: SSA baby-name counts for John
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 90.9% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

88,321

Current vitality

Strong

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

90.9%

2024

8,047

All-time

5,174,470

John once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 88,321 boys were named John.

In 2024, only 8,047 boys were given the name.

Down 90.9% from its peak.

All told, about 5,174,470 Americans have been named John and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMass culture

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 90.9% from peak

194788,321 boys named John

20248,047 boys named John

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