Johnston
#7,189 most common boys' name of all time · #18,052 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2025
Rank among boys
#7,189
Rank overall
#18,052 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
512
Since 2016
71
Peak year
2007 #5,021
Best rank
#2,442 1914
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Johnston first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,785 |
| 2024 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,384 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,925 |
| 2022 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,820 |
| 2021 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,893 |
| 2020 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,724 |
| 2018 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,672 |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,369 |
| 2016 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,662 |
| 2015 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,559 |
| 2014 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,862 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,584 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,223 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,929 |
| 2010 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2009 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,571 |
| 2008 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,089 |
| 2007 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,021 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,680 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,045 |
| 2003 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,780 |
| 2002 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,145 |
| 2001 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,504 |
| 2000 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,827 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,819 |
| 1997 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,341 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,237 |
| 1995 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,182 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,457 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,307 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,593 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,020 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,527 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,355 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,140 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,067 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,797 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,096 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,231 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,464 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,221 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,508 |
| 1977 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,671 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,557 |
| 1975 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,509 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,268 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,163 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,246 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,815 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,694 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,030 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,184 |
| 1949 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,939 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,648 |
| 1935 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,473 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,453 |
| 1924 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,403 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,528 |
| 1921 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,123 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,010 |
| 1919 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,038 |
| 1916 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,068 |
| 1914 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,442 |