Jonatan
#2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 149 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,725since 1971
Jonatan over time
Rank among boys' names. Jonatan has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,718 | 47 |
| 2024 | #2,345 | 60 |
| 2023 | #2,769 | 46 |
| 2022 | #2,753 | 47 |
| 2021 | #2,439 | 55 |
| 2020 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2019 | #2,736 | 46 |
| 2018 | #3,106 | 37 |
| 2017 | #2,715 | 45 |
| 2016 | #2,518 | 50 |
| 2015 | #2,055 | 69 |
| 2014 | #2,277 | 58 |
| 2013 | #1,811 | 79 |
| 2012 | #1,983 | 71 |
| 2011 | #1,544 | 102 |
| 2010 | #1,462 | 112 |
| 2009 | #1,341 | 129 |
| 2008 | #1,192 | 148 |
| 2007 | #1,197 | 147 |
| 2006 | #1,102 | 159 |
| 2005 | #1,100 | 150 |
| 2004 | #1,114 | 142 |
| 2003 | #1,024 | 154 |
| 2002 | #1,003 | 155 |
| 2001 | #1,059 | 136 |
| 2000 | #1,096 | 128 |
| 1999 | #1,172 | 111 |
| 1998 | #1,114 | 115 |
| 1997 | #1,089 | 116 |
| 1996 | #914 | 143 |
| 1995 | #896 | 149 |
| 1994 | #988 | 126 |
| 1993 | #1,358 | 71 |
| 1992 | #1,110 | 98 |
| 1991 | #1,273 | 77 |
| 1990 | #1,395 | 64 |
| 1989 | #2,206 | 31 |
| 1988 | #1,645 | 43 |
| 1987 | #2,115 | 28 |
| 1986 | #2,161 | 26 |
| 1985 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
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| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
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| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jonatan! It came in at #4,375, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1978, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jonatan is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nevada#460 · 1 in 2,932
- Maryland#695 · 1 in 5,756
- California#712 · 1 in 7,943
- Arizona#736 · 1 in 7,076
- New Jersey#739 · 1 in 6,705
Best ever in a state: #360 in Arizona, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #460 | 5 | 1 in 2,932 |
| Maryland | #695 | 5 | 1 in 5,756 |
| California | #712 | 32 | 1 in 7,943 |
| Arizona | #736 | 6 | 1 in 7,076 |
| New Jersey | #739 | 7 | 1 in 6,705 |
| Georgia | #788 | 9 | 1 in 6,635 |
| Virginia | #792 | 6 | 1 in 7,178 |
| New York | #872 | 13 | 1 in 8,329 |
| Texas | #906 | 18 | 1 in 10,062 |
| North Carolina | #975 | 5 | 1 in 10,463 |
| Florida | #1,063 | 9 | 1 in 11,000 |
| Illinois | #1,135 | 6 | 1 in 12,858 |
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See more about Jonatan
- 373 spots since 2024 (#2,345 → #2,718)
- 307 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #2,718)
- 663 spots since 2015 (#2,055 → #2,718)
- Biggest jump: 370 spots in 1994 (#1,358 → #988)
- Biggest drop: 175 spots in 1997 (#914 → #1,089)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1995 at #896 (149 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1994–1996
- Highest: 1 in 12,526 boys born in 2002 were named Jonatan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #896 in 1995, was only 1 in 12,777 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 38.9% of all boys named Jonatan (1,448) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 30 | #3,018 (1979) | #4,657 |
| 1980s | 215 | #1,645 (1988) | #2,681 |
| 1990s | 1,070 | #896 (1995) | #1,131 |
| 2000s | 1,448 | #1,003 (2002) | #1,123 |
| 2010s | 669 | #1,462 (2010) | #2,221 |
| 2020s | 293 | #2,345 (2024) | #2,675 |
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.
Jonatan in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 13,315 of them was named Jonatan, which outranked 91.8% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,093Forrest151
- #1,093Johnnie151
- #1,093Samson151
- #1,100Jonatan150
- #1,100Camilo150
- #1,100Jensen150
- #1,100Landin150
- #1,105Dontae149
- #1,105Jasiah149
- #1,105King149
Tied with 4 names at #1,100; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.