Johnston Popularity by Year
Follow Johnston across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Johnston birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 7 | #9,714 | Down 1,402 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 9 | #8,312 | Up 2,509 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 6 | #10,821 | Down 3,053 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 10 | #7,768 | Up 1,057 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 8 | #8,825 | Up 1,780 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 6 | #10,605 | Down 2,988 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 10 | #7,617 | Up 4,629 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 5 | #12,246 | Down 4,641 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 10 | #7,605 | Down 114 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 10 | #7,491 | Up 1,290 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 8 | #8,781 | Down 1,244 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 10 | #7,537 | Up 621 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 9 | #8,158 | Up 2,650 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 6 | #10,808 | Down 3,721 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 11 | #7,087 | Down 1,533 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 16 | #5,554 | Up 3,465 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 8 | #9,019 | Down 4,023 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 18 | #4,996 | Up 4,589 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 7 | #9,585 | Down 2,609 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 10 | #6,976 | Down 261 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 10 | #6,715 | Down 627 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 11 | #6,088 | Up 357 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 10 | #6,445 | Down 1,660 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 15 | #4,785 | Up 3,919 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 6 | #8,704 | Down 3,416 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 11 | #5,288 | Up 1,848 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 7 | #7,136 | Down 2,012 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 11 | #5,124 | Up 1,248 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 8 | #6,372 | Down 144 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 8 | #6,228 | Up 2,207 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 5 | #8,435 | Down 2,493 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 8 | #5,942 | Up 473 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 7 | #6,415 | Down 186 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 7 | #6,229 | Up 722 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 5 | #6,951 | Down 1,025 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 6 | #5,926 | Down 1,228 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 8 | #4,698 | Up 275 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 7 | #4,973 | Down 832 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 9 | #4,141 | Up 2,121 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 5 | #6,262 | Down 2,128 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 9 | #4,134 | Up 1,221 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 6 | #5,355 | Down 1,749 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 10 | #3,606 | Up 812 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 7 | #4,418 | Down 990 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 10 | #3,428 | Up 1,673 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 5 | #5,101 | Down 1,135 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 5 | #3,966 | Up 67 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 5 | #4,033 | Down 381 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 6 | #3,652 | Down 117 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 6 | #3,535 | Up 263 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 5 | #3,798 | Down 777 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 7 | #3,021 | Down 219 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 8 | #2,802 | Up 628 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 5 | #3,430 | Down 178 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 6 | #3,252 | Up 945 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 5 | #4,197 | Down 937 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 8 | #3,260 | Up 1,047 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 5 | #4,307 | Down 1,321 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 9 | #2,986 | Up 829 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 6 | #3,815 | Down 938 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 9 | #2,877 | Up 49 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 8 | #2,926 | Up 899 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 5 | #3,825 | Down 1,554 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 9 | #2,271 | — |