Name Trends

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How popular is “John” in the USA?

Number of people named “John” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “John” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “John” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “John” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “John” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “John” by birth year

This chart shows how “John” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 9701 0.048147745 46 9655 -99%
1881 8794 0.045638546 26 8768 -99%
1882 9597 0.043320861 40 9557 -99%
1883 8934 0.041180756 40 8894 -99%
1884 9428 0.038724888 40 9388 -99%
1885 8801 0.03654081 45 8756 -99%
1886 9074 0.035540272 48 9026 -99%
1887 8166 0.033008344 56 8110 -99%
1888 9299 0.03105111 52 9247 -99%
1889 8600 0.029763347 52 8548 -99%
1890 8558 0.028394066 56 8502 -99%
1891 7724 0.02694359 44 7680 -99%
1892 9093 0.0271941 54 9039 -99%
1893 8110 0.024936736 61 8049 -98%
1894 8297 0.024497328 60 8237 -99%
1895 8381 0.023876132 61 8320 -99%
1896 8188 0.022904521 50 8138 -99%
1897 7596 0.021893203 46 7550 -99%
1898 8214 0.02153334 55 8159 -99%
1899 7030 0.020723158 40 6990 -99%
1900 9874 0.02192965 46 9828 -99%
1901 6939 0.020065816 39 6900 -99%
1902 7945 0.02054389 38 7907 -99%
1903 7649 0.020065583 41 7608 -99%
1904 8148 0.020194059 40 8108 -99%
1905 8102 0.019112006 43 8059 -99%
1906 8307 0.019388448 43 8264 -99%
1907 9048 0.019441759 65 8983 -99%
1908 9401 0.019238759 58 9343 -99%
1909 9657 0.018889958 67 9590 -99%
1910 11538 0.019532394 88 11450 -98%
1911 13514 0.020975417 68 13446 -99%
1912 24700 0.024998432 112 24588 -99%
1913 29451 0.025899868 122 29329 -99%
1914 38116 0.026911542 169 37947 -99%
1915 47776 0.026072539 200 47576 -99%
1916 50270 0.025987158 227 50043 -99%
1917 52105 0.025964869 253 51852 -99%
1918 56806 0.026164485 248 56558 -99%
1919 53830 0.025508886 307 53523 -99%
1920 57194 0.025277518 281 56913 -99%
1921 58500 0.025058845 285 58215 -99%
1922 57566 0.025147259 285 57281 -99%
1923 57802 0.025104225 335 57467 -99%
1924 59434 0.024955388 382 59052 -99%
1925 57562 0.024669759 367 57195 -99%
1926 56493 0.024605984 385 56108 -99%
1927 56389 0.02431233 440 55949 -98%
1928 54185 0.023965716 424 53761 -98%
1929 52521 0.023958551 411 52110 -98%
1930 52849 0.023770649 402 52447 -98%
1931 48747 0.023164455 325 48422 -99%
1932 48923 0.023172079 298 48625 -99%
1933 46451 0.023231924 226 46225 -99%
1934 46999 0.022630315 257 46742 -99%
1935 47718 0.022832671 208 47510 -99%
1936 47882 0.023047028 203 47679 -99%
1937 48971 0.022983851 218 48753 -99%
1938 50734 0.022929855 216 50518 -99%
1939 51253 0.023260426 228 51025 -99%
1940 54992 0.023881687 208 54784 -99%
1941 57740 0.023698658 221 57519 -99%
1942 66282 0.024262963 241 66041 -99%
1943 69157 0.024501525 229 68928 -99%
1944 66791 0.024828639 180 66611 -99%
1945 66315 0.024997078 197 66118 -99%
1946 79474 0.024872102 208 79266 -99%
1947 88524 0.024574149 203 88321 -100%
1948 83024 0.024047377 192 82832 -100%
1949 81379 0.02335272 199 81180 -100%
1950 79592 0.022718774 180 79412 -100%
1951 81772 0.022198098 202 81570 -100%
1952 83335 0.021941783 197 83138 -100%
1953 80331 0.020845465 164 80167 -100%
1954 81361 0.020438826 185 81176 -100%
1955 80307 0.020001344 185 80122 -100%
1956 81030 0.019652989 224 80806 -99%
1957 79257 0.018861091 225 79032 -99%
1958 76254 0.018446002 205 76049 -99%
1959 76674 0.018440152 229 76445 -99%
1960 76328 0.018375397 242 76086 -99%
1961 80248 0.019372808 275 79973 -99%
1962 78706 0.019504026 286 78420 -99%
1963 78876 0.019927239 260 78616 -99%
1964 82783 0.021294087 264 82519 -99%
1965 71751 0.019790929 252 71499 -99%
1966 65299 0.018787539 284 65015 -99%
1967 61892 0.018230893 289 61603 -99%
1968 61209 0.018117677 303 60906 -99%
1969 59025 0.016984032 288 58737 -99%
1970 58786 0.01629995 290 58496 -99%
1971 51780 0.015085852 272 51508 -99%
1972 43386 0.013804035 224 43162 -99%
1973 39398 0.013059157 229 39169 -99%
1974 37872 0.012457899 254 37618 -99%
1975 35306 0.011693075 231 35075 -99%
1976 34189 0.011267508 210 33979 -99%
1977 34417 0.010834902 218 34199 -99%
1978 34240 0.010788091 222 34018 -99%
1979 35655 0.010716862 243 35412 -99%
1980 35528 0.010314397 251 35277 -99%
1981 35067 0.010136802 195 34872 -99%
1982 34941 0.009960484 234 34707 -99%
1983 33424 0.009650802 266 33158 -98%
1984 32849 0.00941568 238 32611 -99%
1985 31732 0.008890732 233 31499 -99%
1986 30428 0.008554212 220 30208 -99%
1987 29750 0.008251022 197 29553 -99%
1988 29590 0.008008026 167 29423 -99%
1989 29987 0.007800082 134 29853 -99%
1990 29171 0.007380433 81 29090 -99%
1991 27872 0.007155354 63 27809 -100%
1992 26311 0.006849552 56 26255 -100%
1993 25064 0.006647784 69 24995 -99%
1994 24234 0.006518629 48 24186 -100%
1995 23289 0.00635937 45 23244 -100%
1996 22223 0.006093176 37 22186 -100%
1997 21415 0.005906366 29 21386 -100%
1998 20658 0.005616324 27 20631 -100%
1999 20404 0.005523751 39 20365 -100%
2000 20140 0.005328177 27 20113 -100%
2001 18935 0.005058249 32 18903 -100%
2002 17497 0.004680481 21 17476 -100%
2003 17279 0.004544332 30 17249 -100%
2004 16538 0.004328274 71 16467 -99%
2005 15828 0.004116681 37 15791 -100%
2006 15211 0.003844862 35 15176 -100%
2007 14462 0.003617595 22 14440 -100%
2008 13357 0.003398153 22 13335 -100%
2009 12144 0.003178912 11 12133 -100%
2010 11577 0.003132526 10 11567 -100%
2011 11086 0.00303079 21 11065 -100%
2012 10646 0.002910837 11 10635 -100%
2013 10752 0.002949255 16 10736 -100%
2014 10713 0.002890425 14 10699 -100%
2015 10432 0.002818765 11 10421 -100%
2016 10067 0.002744025 12 10055 -100%
2017 9540 0.00266764 10 9530 -100%
2018 9212 0.0026201 14 9198 -100%
2019 8871 0.002555797 14 8857 -100%
2020 8271 0.00247592 9 8262 -100%
2021 8191 0.002417687 9 8182 -100%
2022 8000 0.002364671 7 7993 -100%
2023 7798 0.00235504 5 7793 -100%
2024 8055 0.002420008 8 8047 -100%