Johnson is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2000 and has grown less common since.
Johnson is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,406 for boy births in the United States (and #7,340 across all names), given to 34 babies. Johnson first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2000 (111 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,406 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,559 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,714 |
| 2022 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,691 |
| 2021 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,753 |
| 2020 | 62 | 62 | — | #2,221 |
| 2019 | 59 | 59 | — | #2,323 |
| 2018 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,402 |
| 2017 | 61 | 61 | — | #2,204 |
| 2016 | 72 | 72 | — | #2,001 |
| 2015 | 75 | 75 | — | #1,941 |
| 2014 | 61 | 61 | — | #2,219 |
| 2013 | 62 | 62 | — | #2,150 |
| 2012 | 64 | 64 | — | #2,114 |
| 2011 | 72 | 72 | — | #1,939 |
| 2010 | 60 | 60 | — | #2,197 |
| 2009 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,779 |
| 2008 | 71 | 71 | — | #1,995 |
| 2007 | 95 | 95 | — | #1,629 |
| 2006 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,568 |
| 2005 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,717 |
| 2004 | 87 | 87 | — | #1,536 |
| 2003 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,384 |
| 2002 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,564 |
| 2001 | 82 | 82 | — | #1,490 |
| 2000 | 111 | 111 | — | #1,216 |
| 1999 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,474 |
| 1998 | 65 | 65 | — | #1,608 |
| 1997 | 85 | — | — | #1,330 |
| 1996 | 102 | — | — | #1,158 |
| 1995 | 93 | — | — | #1,204 |
| 1994 | 87 | — | — | #1,249 |
| 1993 | 106 | — | — | #1,089 |
| 1992 | 87 | — | — | #1,202 |
| 1991 | 92 | — | — | #1,152 |
| 1990 | 89 | — | — | #1,153 |
| 1989 | 98 | — | — | #1,050 |
| 1988 | 91 | — | — | #1,035 |
| 1987 | 104 | — | #12,100 | #949 |
| 1986 | 94 | — | #11,698 | #976 |
| 1985 | 82 | — | — | #1,008 |
| 1984 | 68 | — | — | #1,091 |
| 1983 | 85 | — | — | #960 |
| 1982 | 92 | — | — | #940 |
| 1981 | 63 | — | — | #1,160 |
| 1980 | 55 | — | — | #1,249 |
| 1979 | 36 | — | — | #1,612 |
| 1978 | 30 | — | — | #1,774 |
| 1977 | 27 | — | #8,914 | #2,241 |
| 1976 | 35 | — | — | #1,560 |
| 1975 | 25 | — | — | #1,915 |
| 1974 | 32 | — | — | #1,563 |
| 1973 | 18 | — | — | #2,270 |
| 1972 | 30 | — | — | #1,583 |
| 1971 | 22 | — | — | #1,953 |
| 1970 | 19 | — | — | #2,094 |
| 1969 | 29 | — | — | #1,510 |
| 1968 | 31 | — | — | #1,410 |
| 1967 | 29 | — | — | #1,425 |
| 1966 | 31 | — | — | #1,386 |
| 1965 | 37 | — | — | #1,261 |
| 1964 | 43 | — | — | #1,181 |
| 1963 | 41 | — | — | #1,219 |
| 1962 | 31 | — | — | #1,410 |
| 1961 | 42 | — | — | #1,228 |
| 1960 | 38 | — | — | #1,279 |
| 1959 | 29 | — | — | #1,480 |
| 1958 | 27 | — | — | #1,520 |
| 1957 | 41 | — | — | #1,228 |
| 1956 | 26 | — | — | #1,554 |
| 1955 | 31 | — | — | #1,386 |
| 1954 | 41 | — | — | #1,177 |
| 1953 | 40 | — | — | #1,177 |
| 1952 | 45 | — | — | #1,087 |
| 1951 | 39 | — | — | #1,160 |
| 1950 | 46 | — | — | #1,044 |
| 1949 | 45 | — | — | #1,055 |
| 1948 | 60 | — | — | #882 |
| 1947 | 51 | — | — | #1,004 |
| 1946 | 40 | — | — | #1,107 |
| 1945 | 47 | — | — | #947 |
| 1944 | 55 | — | — | #856 |
| 1943 | 51 | — | — | #936 |
| 1942 | 54 | — | — | #905 |
| 1941 | 37 | — | — | #1,079 |
| 1940 | 32 | — | — | #1,196 |
| 1939 | 37 | — | — | #1,063 |
| 1938 | 44 | — | — | #955 |
| 1937 | 37 | — | — | #1,064 |
| 1936 | 37 | — | — | #1,059 |
| 1935 | 39 | — | — | #1,031 |
| 1934 | 40 | — | — | #1,033 |
| 1933 | 38 | — | — | #1,062 |
| 1932 | 54 | — | — | #870 |
| 1931 | 33 | — | — | #1,206 |
| 1930 | 52 | — | — | #932 |
| 1929 | 58 | — | — | #874 |
| 1928 | 66 | — | — | #810 |
| 1927 | 57 | — | — | #903 |
| 1926 | 61 | — | — | #846 |
| 1925 | 57 | — | — | #894 |
| 1924 | 64 | — | — | #862 |
| 1923 | 63 | — | — | #855 |
| 1922 | 52 | — | — | #984 |
| 1921 | 85 | — | — | #712 |
| 1920 | 69 | — | — | #809 |
| 1919 | 77 | — | — | #724 |
| 1918 | 79 | — | — | #716 |
| 1917 | 60 | — | #4,340 | #867 |
| 1916 | 70 | — | — | #718 |
| 1915 | 74 | — | — | #677 |
| 1914 | 52 | — | — | #729 |
| 1913 | 32 | — | — | #865 |
| 1912 | 42 | — | — | #656 |
| 1911 | 18 | — | — | #776 |
| 1910 | 24 | — | — | #592 |
| 1909 | 24 | — | — | #539 |
| 1908 | 17 | — | — | #644 |
| 1907 | 16 | — | — | #649 |
| 1906 | 25 | — | — | #449 |
| 1905 | 38 | — | — | #327 |
| 1904 | 20 | — | — | #483 |
| 1903 | 14 | — | — | #604 |
| 1902 | 13 | — | — | #628 |
| 1901 | 18 | — | — | #459 |
| 1900 | 36 | — | — | #370 |
| 1899 | 22 | — | — | #399 |
| 1898 | 10 | — | — | #721 |
| 1897 | 11 | — | — | #666 |
| 1896 | 20 | — | — | #450 |
| 1895 | 13 | — | — | #589 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | — | #1,019 |
| 1893 | 13 | — | — | #556 |
| 1892 | 20 | — | — | #432 |
| 1891 | 24 | — | — | #353 |
| 1890 | 16 | — | — | #471 |
| 1889 | 13 | — | — | #536 |
| 1888 | 18 | — | — | #455 |
| 1887 | 11 | — | — | #566 |
| 1886 | 11 | — | — | #586 |
| 1885 | 13 | — | — | #534 |
| 1884 | 13 | — | — | #532 |
| 1883 | 12 | — | — | #542 |
| 1882 | 11 | — | — | #591 |
| 1881 | 11 | — | — | #546 |
| 1880 | 13 | — | — | #512 |