Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Johnson

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2000

Peak era

2000

Peak rank proxy

111

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20002024

Peak year

2000

Decline from peak

71.2%

2024

All-time

6,987

Johnson is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2000, when 111 boys were named Johnson.

In 2024, only 32 boys were given the name.

Down 71.2% from its peak.

All told, about 6,987 Americans have been named Johnson and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2000

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