Johnathon
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · #2,167 for boys in 2025, 66 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 1,090 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 25,600since 1919
Johnathon over time
Rank among boys' names. Johnathon has never cracked the top 200 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,167 | 66 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,078 | 72 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,188 | 65 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,782 | 92 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,710 | 95 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,386 | 126 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,432 | 122 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,261 | 145 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,348 | 132 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,254 | 146 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,119 | 171 | |
| 2014 | — | #915 | 234 | |
| 2013 | — | #858 | 249 | |
| 2012 | — | #825 | 265 | |
| 2011 | — | #818 | 266 | |
| 2010 | — | #782 | 282 | |
| 2009 | — | #634 | 395 | |
| 2008 | — | #655 | 371 | |
| 2007 | — | #595 | 425 | |
| 2006 | — | #542 | 467 | |
| 2005 | — | #529 | 458 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #509 | 481 |
| 2003 | — | #471 | 533 | |
| 2002 | — | #414 | 609 | |
| 2001 | — | #406 | 616 | |
| 2000 | — | #376 | 696 | |
| 1999 | — | #359 | 729 | |
| 1998 | — | #343 | 783 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #350 | 736 |
| 1996 | — | #302 | 871 | |
| 1995 | — | #308 | 859 | |
| 1994 | — | #288 | 948 | |
| 1993 | — | #286 | 967 | |
| 1992 | — | #279 | 1,023 | |
| 1991 | — | #254 | 1,068 | |
| 1990 | — | #250 | 1,090 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #258 | 985 |
| 1988 | — | #264 | 891 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #279 | 787 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #288 | 726 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #276 | 756 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #327 | 584 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #331 | 559 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #352 | 526 |
| 1981 | — | #353 | 498 | |
| 1980 | — | #423 | 381 | |
| 1979 | — | #510 | 271 | |
| 1978 | — | #516 | 253 | |
| 1977 | — | #559 | 224 | |
| 1976 | — | #556 | 209 | |
| 1975 | — | #657 | 157 | |
| 1974 | — | #708 | 135 | |
| 1973 | — | #661 | 145 | |
| 1972 | — | #752 | 111 | |
| 1971 | — | #848 | 92 | |
| 1970 | — | #931 | 73 | |
| 1969 | — | #885 | 74 | |
| 1968 | — | #986 | 56 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,102 | 45 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,100 | 45 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,335 | 33 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,172 | 43 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,375 | 32 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,172 | 44 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,876 | 19 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,728 | 22 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,522 | 27 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,370 | 12 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,887 | 18 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,945 | 17 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,114 | 14 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,836 | 18 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
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| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
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| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Johnathon! It came in at #4,168, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1941, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Johnathon is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#139 · 1 in 1,040
- Indiana#141 · 1 in 1,120
- Iowa#173 · 1 in 1,395
- West Virginia#174 · 1 in 1,389
- Oregon#175 · 1 in 1,198
Best ever in a state: #95 in Kentucky, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #139 | 23 | 1 in 1,040 |
| Indiana | #141 | 33 | 1 in 1,120 |
| Iowa | #173 | 13 | 1 in 1,395 |
| West Virginia | #174 | 8 | 1 in 1,389 |
| Oregon | #175 | 15 | 1 in 1,198 |
| Wisconsin | #183 | 19 | 1 in 1,747 |
| Oklahoma | #184 | 18 | 1 in 1,249 |
| Nevada | #187 | 5 | 1 in 1,277 |
| Michigan | #189 | 40 | 1 in 1,595 |
| Ohio | #193 | 43 | 1 in 1,756 |
| Idaho | #202 | 5 | 1 in 1,361 |
| Missouri | #202 | 21 | 1 in 1,713 |
| Mississippi | #203 | 14 | 1 in 1,219 |
| Alabama | #204 | 19 | 1 in 1,331 |
| Colorado | #224 | 14 | 1 in 1,798 |
| North Carolina | #229 | 24 | 1 in 1,704 |
| Arkansas | #233 | 9 | 1 in 1,640 |
| Tennessee | #233 | 16 | 1 in 1,957 |
| Minnesota | #236 | 11 | 1 in 2,794 |
| Kansas | #241 | 8 | 1 in 2,158 |
| Washington | #241 | 15 | 1 in 2,087 |
| Louisiana | #257 | 22 | 1 in 1,548 |
| Illinois | #258 | 40 | 1 in 1,996 |
| Georgia | #270 | 22 | 1 in 2,008 |
| Arizona | #271 | 13 | 1 in 2,093 |
| Texas | #304 | 66 | 1 in 2,217 |
| Connecticut | #323 | 5 | 1 in 4,063 |
| South Carolina | #324 | 8 | 1 in 2,635 |
| Utah | #330 | 5 | 1 in 3,304 |
| Virginia | #332 | 11 | 1 in 3,438 |
| New Mexico | #339 | 5 | 1 in 2,270 |
| Pennsylvania | #361 | 15 | 1 in 5,148 |
| Florida | #369 | 23 | 1 in 3,323 |
| Massachusetts | #383 | 6 | 1 in 6,538 |
| California | #416 | 55 | 1 in 4,151 |
| Maryland | #418 | 5 | 1 in 5,659 |
| New York | #428 | 26 | 1 in 4,700 |
| New Jersey | #603 | 5 | 1 in 9,516 |
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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 Johnathon
- 89 spots since 2024 (#2,078 → #2,167)
- 781 spots since 2020 (#1,386 → #2,167)
- 1,048 spots since 2015 (#1,119 → #2,167)
- Biggest jump: 116 spots in 1968 (#1,102 → #986)
- Biggest drop: 204 spots in 2015 (#915 → #1,119)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1990 at #250 (1,090 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1968–2014
- Highest: 1 in 1,884 boys born in 1990 were named Johnathon (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,880 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.4% of all boys named Johnathon (9,074) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,168 (1919) | #4,168 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 15 | #2,606 (1949) | #2,909 |
| 1950s | 151 | #1,522 (1959) | #2,139 |
| 1960s | 413 | #885 (1969) | #1,273 |
| 1970s | 1,670 | #510 (1979) | #670 |
| 1980s | 6,693 | #258 (1989) | #315 |
| 1990s | 9,074 | #250 (1990) | #302 |
| 2000s | 5,051 | #376 (2000) | #513 |
| 2010s | 2,012 | #782 (2010) | #1,061 |
| 2020s | 516 | #1,386 (2020) | #1,885 |
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.
Johnathon in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 245,078 of them was named Johnathon, which outranked 33.6% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,749Zola8
- #7,749Zoraya8
- #7,749Zyanya8
- #8,523Johnathon7
- #8,523Aaisha7
- #8,523Abagael7
- #8,523Abbygail7
- #9,545Aasiya6
- #9,545Abrianna6
- #9,545Adaeze6
Tied with 1,021 names at #8,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 2,537 of them was named Johnathon, which outranked 96.3% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.