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% |