Jonathon
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #12,761 · #1,486 for boys in 2025, 119 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 2,668 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 65,612since 1912
Jonathon over time
Rank among boys' names. Jonathon has never cracked the top 100 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,486 | 119 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,540 | 114 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,385 | 134 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,468 | 123 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,496 | 119 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,255 | 147 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,157 | 168 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,045 | 194 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,029 | 195 | |
| 2016 | — | #985 | 207 | |
| 2015 | — | #873 | 254 | |
| 2014 | — | #829 | 272 | |
| 2013 | — | #787 | 286 | |
| 2012 | — | #654 | 364 | |
| 2011 | — | #609 | 398 | |
| 2010 | — | #532 | 487 | |
| 2009 | — | #501 | 542 | |
| 2008 | — | #452 | 613 | |
| 2007 | — | #406 | 716 | |
| 2006 | — | #374 | 798 | |
| 2005 | — | #331 | 922 | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #327 | 923 |
| 2003 | — | #291 | 1,072 | |
| 2002 | — | #269 | 1,160 | |
| 2001 | — | #252 | 1,325 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #226 | 1,499 |
| 1999 | — | #207 | 1,648 | |
| 1998 | — | #195 | 1,737 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #180 | 1,845 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #171 | 1,972 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #166 | 1,972 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #154 | 2,197 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #144 | 2,318 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #136 | 2,471 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #125 | 2,601 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #124 | 2,668 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #128 | 2,528 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | #125 | 2,330 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #132 | 2,117 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 | #129 | 2,106 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | #139 | 2,031 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | #142 | 1,870 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #160 | 1,694 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #153 | 1,830 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #162 | 1,642 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #171 | 1,428 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #224 | 1,020 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #240 | 875 |
| 1977 | — | #245 | 840 | |
| 1976 | — | #255 | 776 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #265 | 736 |
| 1974 | — | #297 | 629 | |
| 1973 | — | #275 | 665 | |
| 1972 | — | #323 | 559 | |
| 1971 | — | #326 | 574 | |
| 1970 | — | #353 | 526 | |
| 1969 | — | #392 | 407 | |
| 1968 | — | #426 | 329 | |
| 1967 | — | #445 | 288 | |
| 1966 | — | #488 | 245 | |
| 1965 | — | #495 | 238 | |
| 1964 | — | #516 | 229 | |
| 1963 | — | #516 | 240 | |
| 1962 | — | #538 | 217 | |
| 1961 | — | #609 | 169 | |
| 1960 | — | #613 | 162 | |
| 1959 | — | #691 | 122 | |
| 1958 | — | #649 | 140 | |
| 1957 | — | #587 | 171 | |
| 1956 | — | #598 | 162 | |
| 1955 | — | #598 | 152 | |
| 1954 | — | #637 | 132 | |
| 1953 | — | #661 | 115 | |
| 1952 | — | #742 | 90 | |
| 1951 | — | #763 | 84 | |
| 1950 | — | #747 | 85 | |
| 1949 | — | #878 | 61 | |
| 1948 | — | #910 | 57 | |
| 1947 | — | #956 | 55 | |
| 1946 | — | #897 | 54 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,139 | 33 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,255 | 28 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,636 | 19 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,585 | 20 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,958 | 13 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,976 | 13 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
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| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jonathon! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jonathon is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#114 · 1 in 648
- Minnesota#114 · 1 in 865
- Indiana#116 · 1 in 790
- South Dakota#118 · 1 in 665
- Michigan#120 · 1 in 828
Best ever in a state: #65 in Alabama, 1992.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #114 | 13 | 1 in 648 |
| Minnesota | #114 | 36 | 1 in 865 |
| Indiana | #116 | 52 | 1 in 790 |
| South Dakota | #118 | 8 | 1 in 665 |
| Michigan | #120 | 81 | 1 in 828 |
| North Dakota | #121 | 8 | 1 in 690 |
| Wisconsin | #127 | 34 | 1 in 1,016 |
| Kentucky | #133 | 30 | 1 in 939 |
| Washington | #134 | 34 | 1 in 872 |
| Ohio | #154 | 64 | 1 in 1,256 |
| West Virginia | #162 | 10 | 1 in 1,390 |
| Arkansas | #167 | 15 | 1 in 1,062 |
| Alabama | #171 | 28 | 1 in 964 |
| Utah | #171 | 15 | 1 in 1,267 |
| Iowa | #173 | 15 | 1 in 1,478 |
| Missouri | #173 | 27 | 1 in 1,360 |
| Oregon | #178 | 15 | 1 in 1,291 |
| Oklahoma | #189 | 16 | 1 in 1,334 |
| Tennessee | #190 | 24 | 1 in 1,369 |
| Colorado | #205 | 14 | 1 in 1,555 |
| North Carolina | #208 | 27 | 1 in 1,391 |
| Nebraska | #209 | 6 | 1 in 1,993 |
| Pennsylvania | #209 | 36 | 1 in 2,113 |
| Illinois | #225 | 51 | 1 in 1,642 |
| Mississippi | #225 | 14 | 1 in 1,352 |
| Connecticut | #238 | 8 | 1 in 2,163 |
| Florida | #249 | 32 | 1 in 1,711 |
| Arizona | #252 | 12 | 1 in 1,744 |
| Kansas | #265 | 7 | 1 in 2,404 |
| Virginia | #282 | 14 | 1 in 2,377 |
| New Mexico | #285 | 6 | 1 in 1,708 |
| Massachusetts | #288 | 8 | 1 in 4,239 |
| South Carolina | #292 | 10 | 1 in 2,106 |
| California | #294 | 82 | 1 in 2,192 |
| Louisiana | #298 | 19 | 1 in 1,837 |
| Georgia | #301 | 16 | 1 in 2,455 |
| Maryland | #303 | 7 | 1 in 3,237 |
| Texas | #322 | 53 | 1 in 2,327 |
| New Jersey | #347 | 12 | 1 in 3,537 |
| New York | #372 | 30 | 1 in 3,701 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Jonathon
- 54 spots since 2024 (#1,540 → #1,486)
- 231 spots since 2020 (#1,255 → #1,486)
- 613 spots since 2015 (#873 → #1,486)
- Biggest jump: 242 spots in 1946 (#1,139 → #897)
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 2013 (#654 → #787)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1990 at #124 (2,668 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1946–2016
- Highest: 1 in 770 boys born in 1990 were named Jonathon (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,354 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 32.7% of all boys named Jonathon (21,429) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 31 | #2,544 (1912) | #3,236 |
| 1920s | 57 | #2,589 (1929) | #3,458 |
| 1930s | 47 | #1,958 (1939) | #2,642 |
| 1940s | 344 | #878 (1949) | #1,442 |
| 1950s | 1,253 | #587 (1957) | #667 |
| 1960s | 2,524 | #392 (1969) | #504 |
| 1970s | 7,200 | #224 (1979) | #280 |
| 1980s | 19,576 | #125 (1988) | #144 |
| 1990s | 21,429 | #124 (1990) | #160 |
| 2000s | 9,570 | #226 (2000) | #343 |
| 2010s | 2,825 | #532 (2010) | #850 |
| 2020s | 756 | #1,255 (2020) | #1,438 |
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.
Jonathon in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 321,054 of them was named Jonathon, which outranked 14.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,762 names at #10,210; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 1,688 of them was named Jonathon, which outranked 96.8% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.