Johnathan
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504 · #508 for boys in 2025, 594 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 3,245 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 98,262since 1881
Johnathan over time
Rank among boys' names. Johnathan has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #508 | 594 | |
| 2024 | — | #512 | 595 | |
| 2023 | — | #467 | 653 | |
| 2022 | — | #503 | 598 | |
| 2021 | — | #440 | 702 | |
| 2020 | — | #418 | 713 | |
| 2019 | — | #384 | 815 | |
| 2018 | — | #385 | 834 | |
| 2017 | — | #353 | 947 | |
| 2016 | — | #340 | 1,028 | |
| 2015 | — | #308 | 1,161 | |
| 2014 | — | #295 | 1,201 | |
| 2013 | — | #278 | 1,252 | |
| 2012 | — | #258 | 1,414 | |
| 2011 | — | #239 | 1,501 | |
| 2010 | — | #216 | 1,651 | |
| 2009 | — | #205 | 1,843 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #200 | 1,963 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #187 | 2,152 |
| 2006 | — | #177 | 2,307 | |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #182 | 2,242 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | #183 | 2,178 |
| 2003 | — | #178 | 2,196 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #171 | 2,264 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #166 | 2,306 |
| 2000 | — | #157 | 2,469 | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #146 | 2,519 |
| 1998 | — | #143 | 2,591 | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #142 | 2,550 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #138 | 2,564 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #143 | 2,447 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #134 | 2,612 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #128 | 2,719 |
| 1992 | — | #122 | 2,897 | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #110 | 3,120 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #108 | 3,245 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #112 | 2,964 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #115 | 2,675 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 | #116 | 2,479 |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | #115 | 2,417 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | #118 | 2,391 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #132 | 2,099 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 | #137 | 1,927 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | #152 | 1,836 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #158 | 1,711 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #174 | 1,409 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #208 | 1,140 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | #224 | 942 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #232 | 929 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #232 | 872 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #253 | 795 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #281 | 669 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #262 | 738 |
| 1972 | — | #286 | 655 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #323 | 577 |
| 1970 | — | #364 | 503 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #400 | 396 |
| 1968 | — | #407 | 360 | |
| 1967 | — | #465 | 266 | |
| 1966 | — | #476 | 259 | |
| 1965 | — | #537 | 206 | |
| 1964 | — | #524 | 223 | |
| 1963 | — | #542 | 213 | |
| 1962 | — | #522 | 231 | |
| 1961 | — | #671 | 135 | |
| 1960 | — | #651 | 143 | |
| 1959 | — | #735 | 109 | |
| 1958 | — | #721 | 106 | |
| 1957 | — | #799 | 88 | |
| 1956 | — | #712 | 106 | |
| 1955 | — | #753 | 95 | |
| 1954 | — | #819 | 78 | |
| 1953 | — | #813 | 78 | |
| 1952 | — | #965 | 55 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,171 | 38 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,013 | 47 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,173 | 37 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,482 | 25 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,581 | 18 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,525 | 20 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,042 | 13 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,879 | 14 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,197 | 11 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,089 | 15 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
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| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Johnathan! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Johnathan is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#114 · 1 in 477
- Kentucky#130 · 1 in 537
- South Carolina#131 · 1 in 590
- Wyoming#132 · 1 in 354
- Arkansas#148 · 1 in 525
Best ever in a state: #53 in Mississippi, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #114 | 33 | 1 in 477 |
| Kentucky | #130 | 44 | 1 in 537 |
| South Carolina | #131 | 39 | 1 in 590 |
| Wyoming | #132 | 6 | 1 in 354 |
| Arkansas | #148 | 29 | 1 in 525 |
| Tennessee | #148 | 59 | 1 in 639 |
| Georgia | #152 | 90 | 1 in 680 |
| District of Columbia | #154 | 8 | 1 in 530 |
| Rhode Island | #162 | 7 | 1 in 643 |
| Florida | #163 | 127 | 1 in 791 |
| Alabama | #165 | 32 | 1 in 785 |
| North Carolina | #167 | 72 | 1 in 774 |
| Delaware | #170 | 6 | 1 in 659 |
| Missouri | #171 | 46 | 1 in 750 |
| Wisconsin | #172 | 40 | 1 in 734 |
| Montana | #173 | 8 | 1 in 527 |
| New Mexico | #174 | 17 | 1 in 656 |
| Alaska | #179 | 6 | 1 in 585 |
| Oklahoma | #179 | 28 | 1 in 766 |
| Illinois | #181 | 83 | 1 in 901 |
| Virginia | #181 | 48 | 1 in 895 |
| Ohio | #182 | 71 | 1 in 908 |
| Michigan | #189 | 54 | 1 in 952 |
| Maine | #193 | 6 | 1 in 850 |
| Texas | #200 | 215 | 1 in 880 |
| Louisiana | #206 | 27 | 1 in 931 |
| Pennsylvania | #209 | 55 | 1 in 1,161 |
| Nevada | #210 | 18 | 1 in 839 |
| Indiana | #215 | 39 | 1 in 982 |
| Maryland | #217 | 25 | 1 in 1,196 |
| West Virginia | #217 | 8 | 1 in 1,083 |
| South Dakota | #218 | 5 | 1 in 834 |
| Colorado | #220 | 31 | 1 in 957 |
| New York | #221 | 88 | 1 in 1,240 |
| California | #222 | 237 | 1 in 1,072 |
| Oregon | #235 | 22 | 1 in 915 |
| New Jersey | #238 | 32 | 1 in 1,425 |
| Arizona | #241 | 39 | 1 in 1,113 |
| Kansas | #243 | 17 | 1 in 995 |
| Connecticut | #244 | 12 | 1 in 1,346 |
| Nebraska | #244 | 10 | 1 in 1,034 |
| Idaho | #255 | 9 | 1 in 1,021 |
| Washington | #259 | 31 | 1 in 1,201 |
| Minnesota | #261 | 23 | 1 in 1,297 |
| Iowa | #265 | 14 | 1 in 1,177 |
| Utah | #275 | 19 | 1 in 1,248 |
| Massachusetts | #324 | 15 | 1 in 2,135 |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Johnathan
- 4 spots since 2024 (#512 → #508)
- 90 spots since 2020 (#418 → #508)
- 200 spots since 2015 (#308 → #508)
- Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1952 (#1,171 → #965)
- Biggest drop: 87 spots in 1957 (#712 → #799)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1990 at #108 (3,245 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1952–2025
- Highest: 1 in 633 boys born in 1990 were named Johnathan (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,876 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 27.7% of all boys named Johnathan (27,264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #845 (1886) | #856 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 51 | #2,043 (1916) | #2,918 |
| 1920s | 93 | #2,089 (1925) | #3,024 |
| 1930s | 97 | #1,829 (1933) | #2,567 |
| 1940s | 215 | #1,013 (1949) | #1,740 |
| 1950s | 792 | #712 (1956) | #863 |
| 1960s | 2,432 | #400 (1969) | #520 |
| 1970s | 7,820 | #208 (1979) | #267 |
| 1980s | 21,908 | #112 (1989) | #133 |
| 1990s | 27,264 | #108 (1990) | #131 |
| 2000s | 21,920 | #157 (2000) | #181 |
| 2010s | 11,804 | #216 (2010) | #306 |
| 2020s | 3,855 | #418 (2020) | #475 |
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.
Johnathan in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 378,188 of them was named Johnathan, which outranked 14.5% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 1,039 of them was named Johnathan, which outranked 98.6% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.