Johnathan
Johnathan is ranked 517th among boys in 2024 (590 births). Its best rank was 108th, in 1990.
- Rank in 2024
- #517down 50 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5900.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 19903,245 births
- Best rank
- #108in 1990
- Since 1881
- 97,656people given the name
The story in the numbers
97,656 boys have been named Johnathan in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 3,245 births — 0.16% of all boys recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 295 → 517).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 28%. It has spent 75 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Johnathan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 51 | |
| 1920s | 93 | |
| 1930s | 97 | |
| 1940s | 215 | |
| 1950s | 792 | |
| 1960s | 2,431 | |
| 1970s | 7,823 | |
| 1980s | 21,910 | |
| 1990s | 27,264 | |
| 2000s | 21,919 | |
| 2010s | 11,798 | |
| 2020s | 3,252 |
In 1990, its biggest year
Johnathan was the 108th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1990 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Johnathan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dontepeak 1997
- Dontaypeak 1990
- Demarcuspeak 1991
- Montrellpeak 2006
- Nikolauspeak 1994
- Kendalepeak 1996
- Jestinpeak 2001
- Jerrickpeak 1989
Other spellings in the data
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.