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Baby name
Johnson
Boy
Origin of the name
Johnson was first an English surname, “son of John.”
Classic name
7,021births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 1212rank at its peak, in 2000
Where babies named Johnson are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Johnson is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Johnson is most common in California (3.2 times), New York (1.8) and Texas (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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