Name Trends

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How popular is “John” in the USA?

Number of people named “John” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “John” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “John” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “John” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “John” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “John” by birth year

This chart shows how “John” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 9701 0.048147745 46 9655 -99%
1881 8794 0.045638546 26 8768 -99%
1882 9597 0.043320861 40 9557 -99%
1883 8934 0.041180946 40 8894 -99%
1884 9428 0.038724888 40 9388 -99%
1885 8801 0.03654081 45 8756 -99%
1886 9074 0.035540134 48 9026 -99%
1887 8166 0.03300821 56 8110 -99%
1888 9299 0.03105111 52 9247 -99%
1889 8600 0.029763347 52 8548 -99%
1890 8558 0.028394066 56 8502 -99%
1891 7724 0.026943685 44 7680 -99%
1892 9093 0.0271941 54 9039 -99%
1893 8110 0.024936736 61 8049 -98%
1894 8297 0.024497328 60 8237 -99%
1895 8381 0.023876064 61 8320 -99%
1896 8188 0.022904521 50 8138 -99%
1897 7596 0.021893203 46 7550 -99%
1898 8214 0.02153334 55 8159 -99%
1899 7030 0.020723158 40 6990 -99%
1900 9875 0.021931821 46 9829 -99%
1901 6939 0.020065816 39 6900 -99%
1902 7945 0.02054389 38 7907 -99%
1903 7649 0.020065477 41 7608 -99%
1904 8148 0.020194059 40 8108 -99%
1905 8102 0.019111916 43 8059 -99%
1906 8307 0.019388448 43 8264 -99%
1907 9048 0.019441716 65 8983 -99%
1908 9401 0.01923872 58 9343 -99%
1909 9657 0.018889958 67 9590 -99%
1910 11538 0.019532394 88 11450 -98%
1911 13514 0.020975417 68 13446 -99%
1912 24699 0.024997445 112 24587 -99%
1913 29451 0.025899846 122 29329 -99%
1914 38116 0.026911503 169 37947 -99%
1915 47776 0.026072484 200 47576 -99%
1916 50270 0.025987186 227 50043 -99%
1917 52105 0.025964869 253 51852 -99%
1918 56806 0.026164472 248 56558 -99%
1919 53830 0.025508862 307 53523 -99%
1920 57194 0.025277518 281 56913 -99%
1921 58500 0.025058867 285 58215 -99%
1922 57566 0.02514727 285 57281 -99%
1923 57802 0.025104191 335 57467 -99%
1924 59434 0.024955356 382 59052 -99%
1925 57563 0.024670158 367 57196 -99%
1926 56493 0.02460607 385 56108 -99%
1927 56388 0.024311868 440 55948 -98%
1928 54184 0.023965433 424 53760 -98%
1929 52524 0.023960017 411 52113 -98%
1930 52847 0.023769749 402 52445 -98%
1931 48747 0.023164686 325 48422 -99%
1932 48924 0.023172695 298 48626 -99%
1933 46452 0.023232598 226 46226 -99%
1934 46996 0.022629023 257 46739 -99%
1935 47716 0.022832021 208 47508 -99%
1936 47880 0.023046255 203 47677 -99%
1937 48970 0.022983791 218 48752 -99%
1938 50736 0.022930779 216 50520 -99%
1939 51254 0.02326107 228 51026 -99%
1940 54993 0.023882618 208 54785 -99%
1941 57738 0.023698293 221 57517 -99%
1942 66280 0.024262764 241 66039 -99%
1943 69157 0.024501551 229 68928 -99%
1944 66793 0.024829594 180 66613 -99%
1945 66314 0.024997087 197 66117 -99%
1946 79470 0.02487109 208 79262 -99%
1947 88523 0.024574295 203 88320 -100%
1948 83027 0.024048328 192 82835 -100%
1949 81374 0.023351533 199 81175 -100%
1950 79595 0.022719566 180 79415 -100%
1951 81772 0.022198206 202 81570 -100%
1952 83333 0.02194125 197 83136 -100%
1953 80332 0.020845897 164 80168 -100%
1954 81359 0.020438448 185 81174 -100%
1955 80305 0.020001085 185 80120 -100%
1956 81027 0.019652257 224 80803 -99%
1957 79261 0.018862406 225 79036 -99%
1958 76266 0.018447366 206 76060 -99%
1959 76629 0.018434964 229 76400 -99%
1960 76341 0.018378058 242 76099 -99%
1961 80227 0.019369366 276 79951 -99%
1962 78699 0.019504955 286 78413 -99%
1963 78882 0.01992809 260 78622 -99%
1964 82781 0.021293797 264 82517 -99%
1965 71762 0.019793788 252 71510 -99%
1966 65301 0.018788567 284 65017 -99%
1967 61891 0.018230673 288 61603 -99%
1968 61208 0.018117651 304 60904 -99%
1969 59028 0.016984768 288 58740 -99%
1970 58784 0.016299451 290 58494 -99%
1971 51783 0.015087038 272 51511 -99%
1972 43391 0.013805521 224 43167 -99%
1973 39397 0.013058976 229 39168 -99%
1974 37874 0.012458553 254 37620 -99%
1975 35305 0.011692825 231 35074 -99%
1976 34191 0.011268123 210 33981 -99%
1977 34416 0.010834866 218 34198 -99%
1978 34244 0.010789522 222 34022 -99%
1979 35658 0.010717889 243 35415 -99%
1980 35531 0.010315315 251 35280 -99%
1981 35067 0.010136922 195 34872 -99%
1982 34935 0.009958833 234 34701 -99%
1983 33425 0.009651267 266 33159 -98%
1984 32846 0.009415087 238 32608 -99%
1985 31730 0.008890508 233 31497 -99%
1986 30431 0.008555373 220 30211 -99%
1987 29749 0.008251028 197 29552 -99%
1988 29589 0.008008149 167 29422 -99%
1989 29986 0.007800055 134 29852 -99%
1990 29169 0.007380358 81 29088 -99%
1991 27867 0.007154395 63 27804 -100%
1992 26309 0.006849376 56 26253 -100%
1993 25064 0.006648038 69 24995 -99%
1994 24229 0.006517585 48 24181 -100%
1995 23286 0.006358786 45 23241 -100%
1996 22220 0.006092605 37 22183 -100%
1997 21415 0.005906556 29 21386 -100%
1998 20658 0.005616505 27 20631 -100%
1999 20404 0.005523928 39 20365 -100%
2000 20139 0.005328072 27 20112 -100%
2001 18933 0.005057883 32 18901 -100%
2002 17494 0.004679876 21 17473 -100%
2003 17276 0.004543905 30 17246 -100%
2004 16534 0.004327555 71 16463 -99%
2005 15824 0.00411596 37 15787 -100%
2006 15209 0.003844739 35 15174 -100%
2007 14461 0.003617731 22 14439 -100%
2008 13353 0.003397625 22 13331 -100%
2009 12142 0.003178955 11 12131 -100%
2010 11577 0.003133029 10 11567 -100%
2011 11083 0.003030499 21 11062 -100%
2012 10644 0.002910863 11 10633 -100%
2013 10748 0.002948857 16 10732 -100%
2014 10712 0.002890904 14 10698 -100%
2015 10427 0.002818223 11 10416 -100%
2016 10065 0.00274436 12 10053 -100%
2017 9533 0.002666784 10 9523 -100%
2018 9209 0.002620548 14 9195 -100%
2019 8866 0.002555934 14 8852 -100%
2020 8268 0.002477047 9 8259 -100%
2021 8186 0.00241854 9 8177 -100%
2022 7985 0.002363397 7 7978 -100%
2023 7755 0.002351963 5 7750 -100%