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How popular is “Johnson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Johnson” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Johnson” 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 “Johnson” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Johnson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Johnson” 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 13 0.000064521 13 -100%
1881 11 0.000057087 11 -100%
1882 11 0.000049654 11 -100%
1883 12 0.000055313 12 -100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 -100%
1885 13 0.000053975 13 -100%
1886 11 0.000043084 11 -100%
1887 11 0.000044464 11 -100%
1888 18 0.000060105 18 -100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 -100%
1890 16 0.000053085 16 -100%
1891 24 0.000083719 24 -100%
1892 20 0.000059813 20 -100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 -100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1895 13 0.000037035 13 -100%
1896 20 0.000055947 20 -100%
1897 11 0.000031704 11 -100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 -100%
1899 22 0.000064852 22 -100%
1900 36 0.000079954 36 -100%
1901 18 0.000052051 18 -100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 -100%
1903 14 0.000036726 14 -100%
1904 20 0.000049568 20 -100%
1905 38 0.000089639 38 -100%
1906 25 0.00005835 25 -100%
1907 16 0.00003438 16 -100%
1908 17 0.00003479 17 -100%
1909 24 0.000046946 24 -100%
1910 24 0.000040629 24 -100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 -100%
1912 42 0.000042507 42 -100%
1913 32 0.000028142 32 -100%
1914 52 0.000036714 52 -100%
1915 74 0.000040384 74 -100%
1916 70 0.000036187 70 -100%
1917 60 0.000029899 6 54 -80%
1918 79 0.000036387 79 -100%
1919 77 0.000036489 77 -100%
1920 69 0.000030495 69 -100%
1921 85 0.00003641 85 -100%
1922 52 0.000022716 52 -100%
1923 63 0.000027362 63 -100%
1924 64 0.000026873 64 -100%
1925 57 0.000024429 57 -100%
1926 61 0.000026569 61 -100%
1927 57 0.000024576 57 -100%
1928 66 0.000029191 66 -100%
1929 58 0.000026458 58 -100%
1930 52 0.000023389 52 -100%
1931 33 0.000015682 33 -100%
1932 54 0.000025577 54 -100%
1933 38 0.000019005 38 -100%
1934 40 0.00001926 40 -100%
1935 39 0.000018661 39 -100%
1936 37 0.000017809 37 -100%
1937 37 0.000017365 37 -100%
1938 44 0.000019886 44 -100%
1939 37 0.000016792 37 -100%
1940 32 0.000013897 32 -100%
1941 37 0.000015186 37 -100%
1942 54 0.000019767 54 -100%
1943 51 0.000018069 51 -100%
1944 55 0.000020445 55 -100%
1945 47 0.000017716 47 -100%
1946 40 0.000012518 40 -100%
1947 51 0.000014158 51 -100%
1948 60 0.000017379 60 -100%
1949 45 0.000012913 45 -100%
1950 46 0.00001313 46 -100%
1951 39 0.000010587 39 -100%
1952 45 0.000011848 45 -100%
1953 40 0.00001038 40 -100%
1954 41 0.0000103 41 -100%
1955 31 0.000007721 31 -100%
1956 26 0.000006306 26 -100%
1957 41 0.000009757 41 -100%
1958 27 0.000006531 27 -100%
1959 29 0.000006975 29 -100%
1960 38 0.000009148 38 -100%
1961 42 0.000010139 42 -100%
1962 31 0.000007682 31 -100%
1963 41 0.000010358 41 -100%
1964 43 0.000011061 43 -100%
1965 37 0.000010206 37 -100%
1966 31 0.000008919 31 -100%
1967 29 0.000008542 29 -100%
1968 31 0.000009176 31 -100%
1969 29 0.000008345 29 -100%
1970 20 0.000005546 20 -100%
1971 22 0.00000641 22 -100%
1972 29 0.000009227 29 -100%
1973 18 0.000005966 18 -100%
1974 32 0.000010526 32 -100%
1975 25 0.00000828 25 -100%
1976 35 0.000011535 35 -100%
1977 27 0.0000085 6 21 -56%
1978 30 0.000009452 30 -100%
1979 36 0.000010821 36 -100%
1980 55 0.000015967 55 -100%
1981 63 0.000018211 63 -100%
1982 92 0.000026226 92 -100%
1983 85 0.000024543 85 -100%
1984 68 0.000019491 68 -100%
1985 82 0.000022975 82 -100%
1986 94 0.000026426 5 89 -89%
1987 104 0.000028844 5 99 -90%
1988 91 0.000024628 91 -100%
1989 98 0.000025491 98 -100%
1990 89 0.000022518 89 -100%
1991 92 0.000023618 92 -100%
1992 87 0.000022649 87 -100%
1993 106 0.000028115 106 -100%
1994 87 0.000023402 87 -100%
1995 93 0.000025395 93 -100%
1996 102 0.000027967 102 -100%
1997 85 0.000023443 85 -100%
1998 65 0.000017672 65 -100%
1999 78 0.000021116 78 -100%
2000 111 0.000029366 111 -100%
2001 82 0.000021905 82 -100%
2002 79 0.000021133 79 -100%
2003 97 0.000025511 97 -100%
2004 87 0.000022769 87 -100%
2005 78 0.000020287 78 -100%
2006 94 0.00002376 94 -100%
2007 95 0.000023764 95 -100%
2008 71 0.000018063 71 -100%
2009 85 0.00002225 85 -100%
2010 60 0.000016235 60 -100%
2011 72 0.000019684 72 -100%
2012 64 0.000017499 64 -100%
2013 62 0.000017006 62 -100%
2014 61 0.000016458 61 -100%
2015 75 0.000020265 75 -100%
2016 72 0.000019625 72 -100%
2017 61 0.000017057 61 -100%
2018 55 0.000015643 55 -100%
2019 59 0.000016998 59 -100%
2020 62 0.00001856 62 -100%
2021 46 0.000013578 46 -100%
2022 49 0.000014484 49 -100%
2023 48 0.000014496 48 -100%
2024 32 0.000009614 32 -100%

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