Johathan
Last seen for boys in 2012 at #10,770
- Peak · boys
- 1983 · 108 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,936since 1955
Johathan over time
Rank among boys' names. Johathan has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #4,616 | 17 |
| 2002 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #3,390 | 22 |
| 1997 | #4,246 | 15 |
| 1996 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | #1,955 | 43 |
| 1994 | #2,392 | 32 |
| 1993 | #2,347 | 32 |
| 1992 | #1,955 | 41 |
| 1991 | #1,557 | 55 |
| 1990 | #1,318 | 71 |
| 1989 | #1,082 | 94 |
| 1988 | #897 | 114 |
| 1987 | #914 | 106 |
| 1986 | #896 | 103 |
| 1985 | #877 | 107 |
| 1984 | #968 | 84 |
| 1983 | #838 | 108 |
| 1982 | #907 | 97 |
| 1981 | #914 | 96 |
| 1980 | #1,111 | 66 |
| 1979 | #1,319 | 49 |
| 1978 | #1,410 | 43 |
| 1977 | #1,407 | 42 |
| 1976 | #1,469 | 37 |
| 1975 | #1,530 | 34 |
| 1974 | #1,618 | 30 |
| 1973 | #1,782 | 25 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #1,637 | 29 |
| 1970 | #1,462 | 33 |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 23 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
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| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
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| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Johathan! It came in at #3,201, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1957, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Johathan is popular in 1955
No state had 5 or more boys named Johathan in 1955, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Johathan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Biggest jump: 197 spots in 1981 (#1,111 → #914)
- Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1989 (#897 → #1,082)
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1983 at #838 (108 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1981–1988
- Highest: 1 in 16,598 boys born in 1983 were named Johathan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 316,158 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 50.4% of all boys named Johathan (975) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 18 | #3,201 (1955) | #3,583 |
| 1960s | 108 | #1,728 (1969) | #2,611 |
| 1970s | 336 | #1,319 (1979) | #1,617 |
| 1980s | 975 | #838 (1983) | #940 |
| 1990s | 351 | #1,318 (1990) | #2,661 |
| 2000s | 129 | #3,974 (2001) | #6,781 |
| 2010s | 19 | #9,693 (2010) | #10,424 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Johathan in 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
boys
2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 294,270 of them was named Johathan, which outranked 27.3% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,964Yaakov8
- #2,964Yancy8
- #2,964Zeno8
- #3,201Johathan7
- #3,201Abbie7
- #3,201Ahmad7
- #3,201Alcide7
- #3,505Abie6
- #3,505Able6
- #3,505Addis6
Tied with 303 names at #3,201; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.