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

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Peak · boys
1990 · 2,668 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
65,612
since 1912

Jonathon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jonathon has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #124, 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—#1,486119
2024—#1,540114
2023—#1,385134
2022—#1,468123
2021—#1,496119
2020—#1,255147
2019—#1,157168
2018—#1,045194
2017—#1,029195
2016—#985207
2015—#873254
2014—#829272
2013—#787286
2012—#654364
2011—#609398
2010—#532487
2009—#501542
2008—#452613
2007—#406716
2006—#374798
2005—#331922
2004#12,7617#327923
2003—#2911,072
2002—#2691,160
2001—#2521,325
2000#13,1546#2261,499
1999—#2071,648
1998—#1951,737
1997#13,7245#1801,845
1996#9,5818#1711,972
1995#13,3865#1661,972
1994#11,7786#1542,197
1993#10,5887#1442,318
1992#10,4797#1362,471
1991#8,5889#1252,601
1990#6,86712#1242,668
1989#10,8476#1282,528
1988#4,84017#1252,330
1987#4,85716#1322,117
1986#3,89021#1292,106
1985#4,63516#1392,031
1984#3,72621#1421,870
1983#5,14813#1601,694
1982#4,94514#1531,830
1981#9,1106#1621,642
1980#10,3925#1711,428
1979#10,2105#2241,020
1978#7,6497#240875
1977—#245840
1976—#255776
1975#9,0675#265736
1974—#297629
1973—#275665
1972—#323559
1971—#326574
1970—#353526
1969—#392407
1968—#426329
1967—#445288
1966—#488245
1965—#495238
1964—#516229
1963—#516240
1962—#538217
1961—#609169
1960—#613162
1959—#691122
1958—#649140
1957—#587171
1956—#598162
1955—#598152
1954—#637132
1953—#661115
1952—#74290
1951—#76384
1950—#74785
1949—#87861
1948—#91057
1947—#95655
1946—#89754
1945—#1,13933
1944—#1,25528
1943—#1,63619
1942—#1,58520
1941—#2,4919
1940—#2,6718
1939—#1,95813
1938—#1,97613
1937—#3,5185
1936—#3,1476
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1929—#2,58910
1928—#3,3577
1927—#3,1518
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1923—#3,8226
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First appearance
1912

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 2014

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedNHWashington: #932 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,261 boysWAIdaho: #318 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,191 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedMNIllinois: #716 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 5,108 boysILWisconsin: #417 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,284 boysWIMichigan: #547 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,490 boysMINew York: #1,291 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 12,842 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedIAIndiana: #348 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,808 boysINOhio: #416 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 2,512 boysOHPennsylvania: #760 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 6,078 boysPANew Jersey: #983 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,388 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #986 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 10,513 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedWVVirginia: #994 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,463 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedDEArizona: #799 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,265 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedARTennessee: #894 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,255 boysTNNorth Carolina: #998 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,617 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #576 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,151 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,081 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,169 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jonathon, so not publishedHITexas: #841 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 7,175 boysTXFlorida: #1,008 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 8,728 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Idaho#318 · 1 in 1,191
  2. Indiana#348 · 1 in 1,808
  3. Ohio#416 · 1 in 2,512
  4. Wisconsin#417 · 1 in 2,284
  5. Michigan#547 · 1 in 3,490

Best ever in a state: #65 in Alabama, 1992.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#31871 in 1,191
Indiana#348201 in 1,808
Ohio#416241 in 2,512
Wisconsin#417121 in 2,284
Michigan#547141 in 3,490
Louisiana#57681 in 3,151
Illinois#716131 in 5,108
Pennsylvania#760101 in 6,078
Arizona#79961 in 6,265
Texas#841261 in 7,175
Tennessee#89451 in 7,255
Washington#93251 in 7,261
New Jersey#98351 in 8,388
California#986221 in 10,513
Virginia#99451 in 8,463
North Carolina#99861 in 8,617
Florida#1,008111 in 8,728
Georgia#1,08161 in 9,169
New York#1,29181 in 12,842
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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 Jonathon
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
78 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1990 at #124 (2,668 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 71 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1946–2016
Share of babies · boys
1 in 770
  • Highest: 1 in 770 boys born in 1990 were named Jonathon (0.13%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,354 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 32.7% of all boys named Jonathon (21,429) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s31#2,544 (1912)#3,236
1920s57#2,589 (1929)#3,458
1930s47#1,958 (1939)#2,642
1940s344#878 (1949)#1,442
1950s1,253#587 (1957)#667
1960s2,524#392 (1969)#504
1970s7,200#224 (1979)#280
1980s19,576#125 (1988)#144
1990s21,429#124 (1990)#160
2000s9,570#226 (2000)#343
2010s2,825#532 (2010)#850
2020s756#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 2014

boys
#829
272 births · 1 in 7,062 boys

Top boys' names in 2014

  1. #1Noah19,344
  2. #2Liam18,488
  3. #3Mason17,225
  4. #4Jacob16,923
  5. #5William16,851
  6. #6Ethan15,749
  7. #7Michael15,505
  8. #8Alexander15,449
  9. #9James14,464
  10. #10Daniel13,961
  11. #829Jonathon272
More about 2014

boys

1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 7,062 of them was named Jonathon, which outranked 94.1% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jonathon
  1. #826Brantlee274
  2. #826Titan274
  3. #828Landry273
  4. #829Jonathon272
  5. #829Giancarlo272
  6. #829Harold272
  7. #829Joziah272
  8. #835Axl270
  9. #835Azariah270
  10. #835Dilan270

Tied with 5 names at #829; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 645Bode#1,427 → #782
  2. ↑ 624Axl#1,459 → #835
  3. ↑ 427Gannon#841 → #414
  4. ↑ 326Bodie#1,305 → #979
  5. ↑ 316Royal#886 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 291Bently#897 → #1,188
  2. ↓ 261Damion#849 → #1,110
  3. ↓ 249Amare#598 → #847
  4. ↓ 241Isiah#816 → #1,057
  5. ↓ 241Jesiah#999 → #1,240

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

See the top 100 for 2014 →