Jonnathan
- #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · boys
- 1987 · 36 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,238since 1968
Jonnathan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jonnathan has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #4,804 | 19 |
| 2012 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #3,885 | 26 |
| 2010 | #3,014 | 38 |
| 2009 | #4,160 | 24 |
| 2008 | #3,561 | 30 |
| 2007 | #3,135 | 36 |
| 2006 | #3,227 | 33 |
| 2005 | #3,091 | 33 |
| 2004 | #2,887 | 35 |
| 2003 | #2,620 | 38 |
| 2002 | #2,470 | 40 |
| 2001 | #2,151 | 48 |
| 2000 | #2,379 | 40 |
| 1999 | #1,932 | 50 |
| 1998 | #2,507 | 34 |
| 1997 | #1,933 | 47 |
| 1996 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1994 | #2,618 | 28 |
| 1993 | #2,123 | 37 |
| 1992 | #2,002 | 39 |
| 1991 | #2,190 | 33 |
| 1990 | #1,809 | 43 |
| 1989 | #2,416 | 27 |
| 1988 | #1,949 | 33 |
| 1987 | #1,793 | 36 |
| 1986 | #2,057 | 28 |
| 1985 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
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| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
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| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
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First appearance
1968
The first year at least five boys were named Jonnathan! It came in at #3,673, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1969, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jonnathan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Jonnathan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 478 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #8,243)
- 741 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #8,243)
- 1,567 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #8,243)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1987 at #1,793 (36 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 25 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 38,403
- Highest: 1 in 38,403 boys born in 1999 were named Jonnathan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,793 in 1987, was only 1 in 51,861 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 29.7% of all boys named Jonnathan (368) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #3,673 (1968) | #3,673 |
| 1970s | 73 | #3,282 (1970) | #3,940 |
| 1980s | 213 | #1,793 (1987) | #2,643 |
| 1990s | 368 | #1,809 (1990) | #2,235 |
| 2000s | 357 | #2,151 (2001) | #2,968 |
| 2010s | 165 | #3,014 (2010) | #6,244 |
| 2020s | 56 | #7,502 (2020) | #8,062 |
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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