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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 146 recorded years as a table

Johnson, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	118
1881	109
1882	97
1883	115
1884	114
1885	121
1886	99
1887	108
1888	149
1889	118
1890	144
1891	237
1892	164
1893	116
1894	52
1895	111
1896	167
1897	98
1898	82
1899	207
1900	239
1901	169
1902	106
1903	117
1904	156
1905	287
1906	188
1907	109
1908	110
1909	146
1910	124
1911	80
1912	98
1913	62
1914	79
1915	87
1916	79
1917	58
1918	78
1919	79
1920	65
1921	77
1922	48
1923	57
1924	57
1925	51
1926	55
1927	51
1928	60
1929	54
1930	47
1931	32
1932	52
1933	38
1934	39
1935	37
1936	36
1937	35
1938	40
1939	33
1940	28
1941	30
1942	39
1943	36
1944	40
1945	35
1946	25
1947	28
1948	34
1949	25
1950	26
1951	21
1952	23
1953	20
1954	20
1955	15
1956	12
1957	19
1958	13
1959	14
1960	18
1961	20
1962	15
1963	20
1964	22
1965	20
1966	17
1967	17
1968	18
1969	16
1970	10
1971	12
1972	19
1973	12
1974	20
1975	16
1976	22
1977	13
1978	18
1979	21
1980	31
1981	35
1982	51
1983	47
1984	38
1985	44
1986	48
1987	53
1988	48
1989	49
1990	43
1991	46
1992	44
1993	54
1994	45
1995	49
1996	54
1997	45
1998	34
1999	41
2000	57
2001	42
2002	41
2003	49
2004	44
2005	39
2006	46
2007	46
2008	35
2009	43
2010	31
2011	38
2012	34
2013	33
2014	32
2015	39
2016	38
2017	33
2018	30
2019	33
2020	36
2021	26
2022	28
2023	28
2024	19
2025	20

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Johnson isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Johnson

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 34
Rank in 2025: #3,379
How rare: 1 in 50,237 boys
Since 1880: 7,021

Most popular in 1905, at 287 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 49% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.