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How popular is the name Johnson?
Births per year, rank history and how many Johnsons are alive today.
Johnson (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2010, when 15 babies were given the name, the 1551st most popular that year. It has declined since 2010; the 2025 figure is roughly 20% of its peak. Johnson is one spelling of a name also recorded as Jonson; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Johnson you are most likely to meet is around 20 years old. Half of all Johnsons born in England and Wales are between 14 and 29, and there are at least 250 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Johnson - on average, only one in every 1,212 such rooms contains a Johnson.
How many babies are named Johnson each year?
Includes all spellings: Johnson, Jonson. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Johnson spelling rank?
Where does the Jonson spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Johnson most popular?
Johnson peaked in 2010, when 18 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Johnson?
At least 250 people named Johnson in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Johnson?
Most living Johnsons are between 14 and 29; the most common age is about 20.
Is Johnson becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.