Johnthan

Peak · boys
1988 · 35 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
792
since 1954

Johnthan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Johnthan has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,879, 1988boys
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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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2013#10,7286
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2011#9,6007
2010#8,1399
2009#12,4915
2008#11,0376
2007#5,90114
2006#7,42710
2005#5,87513
2004#7,5369
2003#5,03515
2002#4,50217
2001#4,67616
2000#4,38917
1999#5,65611
1998#5,84010
1997#3,60119
1996#3,40620
1995#4,05215
1994#2,95124
1993#2,78625
1992#2,83424
1991#2,05236
1990#2,37329
1989#2,29229
1988#1,87935
1987#2,46822
1986#2,16126
1985#2,07127
1984#1,97927
1983#2,67617
1982#2,42620
1981#3,03014
1980#2,61718
1979#3,16813
1978#3,8579
1977#3,03713
1976#4,9356
1975#2,54016
1974#2,54915
1973#4,0547
1972#1,92822
1971#2,12619
1970#2,29316
1969#3,0629
1968#3,1078
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1966#2,9868
1965#2,9828
1964#3,6016
1963#3,6466
1962#3,6406
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First appearance
1954

The first year at least five boys were named Johnthan! It came in at #3,827, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1954–1959, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Johnthan is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Johnthan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Johnthan
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1954
  • Peaked 1988 at #1,879 (35 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 54,694
  • Highest: 1 in 54,694 boys born in 1988 were named Johnthan (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 315,264 boys born in 2013 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 29.7% of all boys named Johnthan (235) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#3,827 (1954)#3,827
1960s59#2,982 (1965)#3,263
1970s136#1,928 (1972)#3,049
1980s235#1,879 (1988)#2,360
1990s213#2,052 (1991)#3,555
2000s122#4,389 (2000)#6,887
2010s22#8,139 (2010)#9,489

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.

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