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

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Peak · boys
1990 · 1,090 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
25,600
since 1919

Johnathon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Johnathon has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #250, 1990boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,16766
2024—#2,07872
2023—#2,18865
2022—#1,78292
2021—#1,71095
2020—#1,386126
2019—#1,432122
2018—#1,261145
2017—#1,348132
2016—#1,254146
2015—#1,119171
2014—#915234
2013—#858249
2012—#825265
2011—#818266
2010—#782282
2009—#634395
2008—#655371
2007—#595425
2006—#542467
2005—#529458
2004#16,0995#509481
2003—#471533
2002—#414609
2001—#406616
2000—#376696
1999—#359729
1998—#343783
1997#13,7245#350736
1996—#302871
1995—#308859
1994—#288948
1993—#286967
1992—#2791,023
1991—#2541,068
1990—#2501,090
1989#12,3625#258985
1988—#264891
1987#9,8256#279787
1986#8,5237#288726
1985#9,3076#276756
1984#9,1446#327584
1983#8,0477#331559
1982#10,5175#352526
1981—#353498
1980—#423381
1979—#510271
1978—#516253
1977—#559224
1976—#556209
1975—#657157
1974—#708135
1973—#661145
1972—#752111
1971—#84892
1970—#93173
1969—#88574
1968—#98656
1967—#1,10245
1966—#1,10045
1965—#1,33533
1964—#1,17243
1963—#1,37532
1962—#1,17244
1961—#1,87619
1960—#1,72822
1959—#1,52227
1958—#2,37012
1957—#1,88718
1956—#1,94517
1955—#2,04815
1954—#2,11414
1953—#1,83618
1952—#2,15313
1951—#2,49510
1950—#3,0217
1949—#2,6069
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First appearance
1919

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 2003

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedNHWashington: #470 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,380 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #499 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,291 boysMNIllinois: #407 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 2,829 boysILWisconsin: #355 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,436 boysWIMichigan: #330 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 2,267 boysMINew York: #665 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 6,204 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedRIOregon: #344 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,962 boysORNevada: #376 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,200 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedSDIowa: #354 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,326 boysIAIndiana: #291 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,829 boysINOhio: #279 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,974 boysOHPennsylvania: #596 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,837 boysPANew Jersey: #788 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,057 boysNJConnecticut: #411 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,566 boysCTCalifornia: #592 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 6,123 boysCAUtah: #514 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,610 boysUTColorado: #609 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,047 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedNEMissouri: #314 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,108 boysMOKentucky: #298 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,095 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedWVVirginia: #488 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,769 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedDEArizona: #363 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,358 boysAZNew Mexico: #363 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,120 boysNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedKSArkansas: #342 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,853 boysARTennessee: #366 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,378 boysTNNorth Carolina: #420 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,679 boysNCSouth Carolina: #218 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,210 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #264 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,300 boysOKLouisiana: #585 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,671 boysLAMississippi: #521 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,995 boysMSAlabama: #439 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,955 boysALGeorgia: #426 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 2,598 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedHITexas: #461 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 3,334 boysTXFlorida: #524 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 3,894 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#218 · 1 in 1,210
  2. Oklahoma#264 · 1 in 1,300
  3. Ohio#279 · 1 in 1,974
  4. Indiana#291 · 1 in 1,829
  5. Kentucky#298 · 1 in 2,095

Best ever in a state: #95 in Kentucky, 1991.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#218171 in 1,210
Oklahoma#264161 in 1,300
Ohio#279341 in 1,974
Indiana#291211 in 1,829
Kentucky#298111 in 2,095
Missouri#314161 in 2,108
Michigan#330251 in 2,267
Arkansas#34281 in 1,853
Oregon#344101 in 1,962
Iowa#35471 in 2,326
Wisconsin#355121 in 2,436
Arizona#363171 in 2,358
New Mexico#36351 in 2,120
Tennessee#366151 in 2,378
Nevada#37661 in 2,200
Illinois#407281 in 2,829
Connecticut#41151 in 3,566
North Carolina#420191 in 2,679
Georgia#426221 in 2,598
Alabama#43981 in 2,955
Texas#461531 in 3,334
Washington#470101 in 3,380
Virginia#488111 in 3,769
Minnesota#49971 in 4,291
Utah#51461 in 3,610
Mississippi#52151 in 2,995
Florida#524241 in 3,894
Louisiana#58571 in 3,671
California#592411 in 6,123
Pennsylvania#596111 in 5,837
Colorado#60961 in 5,047
New York#665181 in 6,204
New Jersey#78861 in 8,057
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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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
71 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1990 at #250 (1,090 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1968–2014
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,884
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 35.4% of all boys named Johnathon (9,074) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,168 (1919)#4,168
1920s0——
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1940s15#2,606 (1949)#2,909
1950s151#1,522 (1959)#2,139
1960s413#885 (1969)#1,273
1970s1,670#510 (1979)#670
1980s6,693#258 (1989)#315
1990s9,074#250 (1990)#302
2000s5,051#376 (2000)#513
2010s2,012#782 (2010)#1,061
2020s516#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 2003

boys
#471
533 births · 1 in 3,706 boys

Top boys' names in 2003

  1. #1Jacob29,658
  2. #2Michael27,129
  3. #3Joshua25,106
  4. #4Matthew24,011
  5. #5Andrew22,162
  6. #6Joseph21,394
  7. #7Ethan21,362
  8. #8Daniel21,072
  9. #9Christopher20,753
  10. #10Anthony20,149
  11. #471Johnathon533
More about 2003

boys

1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 3,706 of them was named Johnathon, which outranked 96.3% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johnathon
  1. #468Tomas537
  2. #469Marquis534
  3. #469Noe534
  4. #471Johnathon533
  5. #472Damion531
  6. #472Reginald531
  7. #474Gerald529
Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 790Maddox#1,372 → #582
  2. ↑ 762Jahir#1,571 → #809
  3. ↑ 519Yair#1,236 → #717
  4. ↑ 450Jamarion#1,094 → #644
  5. ↑ 413Aydan#1,154 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 819Lisandro#898 → #1,717
  2. ↓ 621Shemar#970 → #1,591
  3. ↓ 362Jaheem#891 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 337Keandre#998 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 334Savion#568 → #902

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2003 →