Johnston
Boy · JON-stun · Scottish
Johnston is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “John's settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Johnston mean?
Scottish: Scottish surname from a place name
“John's settlement”
Scottish surname from Johnstone in Annandale, Dumfriesshire, home of the Johnstone clan.
- Say it
- JON-stun
Is Johnston a girl's or a boy's name?
Johnston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Johnston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Johnston, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Johnston in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Johnston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
Nicknames for Johnston
Names like Johnston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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