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Johathan

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Johathan is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 840th, in 1983.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1988114 births
Best rank
#840in 1983
Since 1955
1,936people given the name
Babies named Johathan, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,936 boys have been named Johathan in the United States since 1955, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1988, with 114 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 114 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 50%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Johathan
1950s18
1960s108
1970s336
1980s975
1990s351
2000s129
2010s19

In 1988, its biggest year

Johathan was the 899th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1988 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1988.

Names that rose and fell with Johathan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.