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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Johnston” in the USA?

Number of people named “Johnston” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Johnston” by birth year

This chart shows how “Johnston” 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
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 -100%
1916 8 0.000004136 8 -100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 -100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 -100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 -100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 -100%
1924 8 0.000003359 8 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 -100%
1949 8 0.000002296 8 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1977 10 0.000003148 10 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 -100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 -100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 -100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2007 18 0.000004503 18 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2009 16 0.000004188 16 -100%
2010 11 0.000002976 11 -100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 10 0.000002743 10 -100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 -100%
2015 10 0.000002702 10 -100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 -100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 -100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 -100%

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