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Johnson
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɑnsən/
Rank in 2024
#3,554
Born in 2024
32
Peak year
2000 · #1217
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 32 boys were named Johnson, about 1 in every 53,604.
- It peaked in 2000 with 111 babies, ranked #1217.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 6,987 boys have been named Johnson since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Johnson per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,215 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Silent: 811 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 756 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 480 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,423 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,303 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 682 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A patronymic surname from John + -son, literally “son of John”. In the U.S. the name Johnson has been adopted by numerous European immigrant families originally named Johansson, Johnsson, Johansen, Jonsson, etc. Doublet of Johansson, Johansen, Jansen, and Hansen.
- A patrilineal surname transferred from the given name. The second most common surname in the United States.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈd͡ʒɑnsən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Johnson, CC BY-SA 4.0.