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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #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 2010

  • 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: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #632 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,618 boysMNIllinois: #665 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 4,655 boysILWisconsin: #733 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,552 boysWIMichigan: #528 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,442 boysMINew York: #1,069 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 9,658 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedRIOregon: #580 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,663 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedIAIndiana: #440 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,781 boysINOhio: #458 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 3,186 boysOHPennsylvania: #1,116 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 12,200 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,177 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 14,611 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedUTColorado: #607 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,929 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedNEMissouri: #477 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,970 boysMOKentucky: #329 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,873 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedDEArizona: #780 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,214 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedARTennessee: #563 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,906 boysTNNorth Carolina: #974 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,594 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #577 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,429 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedMSAlabama: #636 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,893 boysALGeorgia: #482 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,941 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Johnathon, so not publishedHITexas: #913 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 8,506 boysTXFlorida: #935 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 7,720 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#329 · 1 in 1,873
  2. Indiana#440 · 1 in 2,781
  3. Ohio#458 · 1 in 3,186
  4. Missouri#477 · 1 in 2,970
  5. Georgia#482 · 1 in 2,941

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#329121 in 1,873
Indiana#440131 in 2,781
Ohio#458191 in 3,186
Missouri#477111 in 2,970
Georgia#482191 in 2,941
Michigan#528141 in 3,442
Tennessee#56391 in 3,906
Oklahoma#57761 in 3,429
Oregon#58051 in 3,663
Colorado#60771 in 3,929
Minnesota#63261 in 4,618
Alabama#63661 in 3,893
Illinois#665151 in 4,655
Wisconsin#73351 in 5,552
Arizona#78061 in 6,214
Texas#913211 in 8,506
Florida#935121 in 7,720
North Carolina#97461 in 8,594
New York#1,069111 in 9,658
Pennsylvania#1,11651 in 12,200
California#1,177161 in 14,611
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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 2010

boys
#782
282 births · 1 in 6,804 boys

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #782Johnathon282
More about 2010

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 6,804 of them was named Johnathon, which outranked 94.5% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johnathon
  1. #779Carmelo286
  2. #780Wayne284
  3. #781Kamron283
  4. #782Johnathon282
  5. #783Kolten281
  6. #784Gilberto280
  7. #785Quintin279
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 2010 →